IRAQ

Islamic State militants have reportedly siphoned off millions from Iraqi government employees.

The Pentagon said on Monday it was notifying 100 U.S. troops that a group claiming ties to ISIS had posted their names, addresses and photos on the Internet and was calling for American sympathizers to kill them.

The fight against ISIS is stalled in Tikrit as the military looks for ways to make Sunni and Shia work together.

Islamic State fighters bombed a renowned religious site with improvised explosive devices and destroyed civilian homes in the northern Iraq district over the weekend.

The men allegedly helped 37 Indonesians, mostly children and women, reach Turkey from where they could enter Iraq and Syria to join ISIS.

Those in custody had pledged loyalty to the Islamic State group and were seeking recruits to fight in Iraq and Syria, officials said.

The remarks signal possible rifts between Iraq’s army and the Iranian-backed Shiite militias currently supporting the Tikrit offensive.

CIA Director John Brennan contends the Islamic State group's momentum has been blunted in Iraq and Syria.

"He won't go very far," President Beji Caid Essebsi says, while acknowledging the country faces a larger jihadist threat.

The investigation was sparked by an online post by the militant group, which revealed personal information about U.S. military personnel.

The Shiite paramilitary forces have been hailed as heroes by fellow Shiites, but accused by the Sunni minority of punishing Sunnis.

The hackers published the personal information of 100 members of the U.S. military on a Polish website.

The ruling has been stayed for 60 days to allow the government to consider an appeal, in a case that has dragged on for more than a decade.

Two car bombs exploded during festivities for Nowruz, the Persian new year, killing mostly women and children.

Thousands who crossed Egypt's western border to find work have been returning home by land or by flights from Tunisia.

Due to sectarian mistrust, the police in Anbar province are recruiting local Sunnis to fight ISIS instead of relying on the Iraqi military.

ISIS recently seized control of at least two cities along Libya's Mediterranean coastline after taking territory in Syria and Iraq last year.

"I believe that they believe that we are evil, and they want us destroyed," the Republican tells radio host Hugh Hewitt.

The African Union said the attack at the Bardo Museum in Tunisia was "heinous and cowardly," and underlines the need for enhanced inter-African cooperation.

The U.N. Human Rights Council launched its inquiry in September after the militant group seized large swathes of northern Iraq.

The former vice president's choice of media platform offends women, the National Center on Sexual Exploitation says.