IRAQ

Wisconsin Governor and GOP presidential hopeful Scott Walker criticized President Barack Obama's stance on the Middle East and promised stronger military action.

The U.S. said Thursday it had asked Uzbekistan to join the multinational coalition it leads against Islamic State, saying Central Asia's most populous state was free to choose a way of contributing to the fight against the militant group.

The few inspectors chosen to go to the Parchin site in Iran might not have the credentials needed to monitor the country’s nuclear militarization.

Palmyra is an archaeological treasure — and a favorite target for ISIS. Its destruction has been called a "an immense loss for the Syrian people and for humanity."

While U.S. sources were confident Hussain was killed in the strike, U.S. intelligence experts reported his wife had said he was still alive.

A newly obtained legal opinion from 2003 shows how the Bush administration viewed its duty to keep Congress informed.

Jeb Bush has said that he will act independently and differently than his brother, responding to Democrats who have sought to link the former governor with his brother's policies.

The front line between the regional Kurdish peshmerga forces and Islamic State in northern Iraq has hardly budged for months.

According to The Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook, both Turkey and the United States are “on the same page” in expanding cooperation.

“People are dying, are crucified, are disinterred from their graves, are burned alive," the country's foreign minister said.

UNHCR says it does not see any end to the influx of people in coming months amid continued violence in both Iraq and Syria.

The operation comes days after a Moroccan man was accused of attacking passengers on a train in France.

Acknowledging sexual minorities is an "important step" for expanding human rights, said Samantha Power, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N.

The Financial Times reported that industry insiders speculated Israel may be using the oil purchases as a way of covertly supporting the Kurds against ISIS.

Macedonia's earlier decision to close its border to migrants had led to clashes between police and stranded refugees.

About 700 citizens have traveled to Iraq and Syria to fight alongside ISIS since 2012, according to German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere.

Government officials and activists say Islamic State militants destroyed the Baalshamin temple, listed as a World Heritage Site by Unesco.

The attack has raised fears that ISIS fighters have seized chemical weapons in Iraq and Syria.

The U.N. refugee agency urged Macedonia to open its borders to the thousands of refugees fleeing wars in Syria, Iraq and elsewhere.

Donald Trump is throwing his biggest campaign event yet.

Kurdish forces gave fragments to U.S. forces after an attack Aug. 11 in the village of Makhmur, northern Iraq.