IRAQ

A 14-year-old boy and 16-year-old girl were arrested in the Manchester area.

The pontiff says in his Easter Sunday message the agreement “may be a definitive step toward a more secure and fraternal world.”

Security teams and volunteer fighters will face a new kind of battle against the Islamic State group in a Sunni region.

The Roman Catholic Pope Francis made the remarks while presiding over the Via Crucis procession on Good Friday in Rome.

Moscow may provide up to $1.2 billion in military hardware, the newspaper Kommersant reported.

Four of the individuals were from Birmingham. West Midlands Police are now investigating homes there.

The Islamic State group has imposed even harsher penalties on acts deemed haram, or sinful, including wearing tight pants.

Some teachers and college graduates fear the Islamic State group will force them to teach in ISIS schools in Raqqa.

"It seems to me that someone is trying very hard to start a religious war in this country."

The deal between Iran and the P5+1 world powers, which was drafted Thursday, would restrict and limit Iran's nuclear capabilities, but none of Iran's facilities would close.

How Noelle Velentzas and Asia Siddiqui, who were arrested on charges of conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction in the U.S., came to espouse a violent ideology remains unclear.

In some Iraqi towns, Shiite militias are accused of being as murderous as ISIS.

The deal would remove Western sanctions against Tehran, igniting concern it could affect a global oil market already facing oversupply.

The al-Shabab militants who staged a deadly attack on Garissa University College Thursday have started beheading students there held hostage, according to reports.

Kenyan leader Uhuru Kenyatta urged police to "ensure that the 10,000 recruits whose enrollment is pending" be accelerated.

Here are five things to know about the Islamist militants who claimed responsibility for the deadly attack at a university in Kenya on Tuesday.

According to the report, a large number of foreign fighters were from Tunisia, Morocco, France and Russia.

The lack of communication between the Iraqi government and fighters is creating confusion in the country.

Three-quarters of the world's executions happen in just three Mideast countries, according to Amnesty International.

A study of millions of military personnel finds length of service and type of discharge are stronger indicators of suicide risk than deployment.

Residents were forced to eat weeds, cats and dogs to survive after recent battles.