IRAQ

A powerful Kurdish lobbyist group in Washington is trying to convince the Obama administration to bypass Baghdad and arm the Kurdish fighters in Iraq directly.

Domestic producers have been scaling back operations because of the high costs of unconventional operations, such as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.

Lebanon's Shiite population cut themselves in an annual religious ceremony. This year, they are doing it in honor of Shiite Muslims on the battlefields of Syria.

Amid domestic unrest and the continued menace of the Islamic State group, Israel has unveiled its next generation of armored fighting vehicles.

Officials have urged citizens to stock up on water and other necessary commodities while they investigate the issue.

The Euroskeptic Law and Justice Party Sunday ended eight years of centrist rule and handed victory to Euroskeptics who oppose refugees and welfare promises.

Bernie Sanders issues his sharpest criticisms yet of Hillary Clinton's positions on key issues such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, same-sex marriage and the Iraq war.

"I apologize for the fact that the intelligence we received was wrong," former British Prime Minister Tony Blair says, referring to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Baghdad granted Moscow its permission just days after Washington sought assurances that Iraq would not allow Russian jets to conduct operations inside its territory.

"If someone wants to live together with us, they must first reveal who they actually are and what their intentions are," Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban says.

The militant vows that “not one Jew will be left in Jerusalem or around it. We will continue until we eradicate this disease from the world."

Sherzad Omer Mamsani wants a synagogue in every town, but there are practically no Jews left in Iraqi Kurdistan.

For Shiite Muslims, Ashura commemorates the death of Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.

The Facebook account used a state trooper and has stirred concern that the Islamic State group may be trying to gather intelligence on US law enforcement.

The Iraqi Defense Ministry was not aware of the U.S.-led raid against the Islamic State group until it was over.

Master Sgt. Joshua Wheeler was assigned to the U.S. Army Special Operations Command in 2004 and deployed 11 times to support Mideast combat operations, the Army said.

Oil sales account for the extremist group’s largest source of funding and were believed to help the group hold territory, rebuild infrastructure, pay fighters in exchange for loyalty and continue funding military endeavors.

The White House has been in conflict with Congress all year about using a so-called war fund that the president said undermines cross-government budget caps.

The White House and Congress are fighting over the details of the $612 billion 2016 National Defense Authorization Act.

Iraqi Shiite fighters reportedly uncovered 19 mass graves just days after recapturing much of the Iraqi town of Baiji from Islamic State group militants.

At least one U.S. soldier was killed and some 70 Kurdish hostages rescued Thursday, after American and Kurdish commandos raided an Islamic State group outpost near the Iraqi town of Hawija.