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Republican Sen. Pat Roberts defeated independent challenger Greg Orman in the Kansas Senate race Tuesday.

The race has been tight since longtime Democratic incumbent John Tierney lost in the primary.

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“If she doesn't have teeth, why would I want her?" one alleged militant says.

For Shia Muslims, the day commemorates the death of Imam Hussein, grandson of Prophet Muhammad.

The journalists are thought to be among the dozen Iraqi reporters captured last month by militants.

Human Rights Watch, based on interviews with several Kurdish children, found that ISIS tortured and abused children abducted from Kobani.

Sinai-based Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis is believed to be behind several attacks targeting Egyptian security forces in recent months.

An IBTimes tally found that the Islamic State group is far deadlier than the Taliban.

Ernst said she was “greatly offended” by Harkin’s comparison, and said he wouldn’t have brought up her appearance if she were a male candidate.

ISIS claimed that it had captured the Jahar gas field, less than a week after seizing the Sha'ar gas field in Syria's Homs province.

The execution-style killings of members of the Albu Nimr tribe have become a daily affair in territories controlled by ISIS.

“Today's strike demonstrates our government's firm resolve to tackle the threat of terrorism," Defense Minister Rob Nicholson said.

The U.S. military says it has carried out 10 airstrikes since Friday against Islamic State group militants, five in Syria and five in Iraq.

Diplomats say Qatar's reticence to join the campaign against ISIS shows it is careful to preserve its influence with regional Islamist groups.

Patrice Vincent, 53, was killed Oct. 20 near Montreal when a man ran over with a car, in what Canada's government called a terror attack.

With long-standing foreign policy disagreements, the U.S. and China have some common ground on the fight against the Islamic State.

Islamic State allegedly has executed a total of more than 300 tribe members in the past few days.

You will be feeling extra-refreshed Sunday due to the return of standard time.

A unified Kurdistan may not be on the horizon, but fighting ISIS transcends Kurdish political and geographical divisions.

Iraqi Kurds entered Syria to help their Syrian counterparts fight off Islamic State militants.