The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the men were abducted while returning from a meeting in Azaz, north of Aleppo.
After attacks by women and girls linked to Boko Haram, the full Islamic veil is outlawed in parts of Niger and Cameroon.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan previously said any peace process with Kurdish militants would be impossible.
The Istanbul Police Department warned of possible attacks on public transportation after Turkey began bombing the Islamic State group.
Libyan leaders say they could defeat Islamic State militants by the end of the year if the U.N. Security Council would lift its arms embargo.
After suicide bombing attacks by suspected Boko Haram militants, Northern Cameroon implemented a number of sweeping security measures Sunday.
The explosion in the center of Damaturu came six days after a suicide bomber killed three policemen at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Yobe state’s capital city.
Santos's decision on Saturday came just days after a unilateral ceasefire by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) went into effect, providing a breakthrough in talks threatened by a recent escalation of battlefield violence.
Abdullahi Hussein Mohamud Bantu is the 10th member of the Federal Parliament of Somalia to be killed within the past year.
The Islamic State group is believed to have forced more than 1,100 child soldiers into its ranks since the beginning of this year.
Ground forces hit the PKK as well as Islamic State fighters in northern Syria, government sources said, as part of Ankara's campaign to take a prominent role in the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamist militant group.
An article titled "Fatwa on Meat Products Coming From Turkey" appears in a Turkish magazine that supports the Islamic State group.
"If you run across them, slaughter them," the cleric commanded Muslims in a column about the Islamic State.
The Islamic State group's social media campaign, encouraging those unable to travel to fight in the Middle East to "kill where you are," is a significant threat to the U.S., James Comey said.
Muhsin al-Fadhli was sent to Syria to mediate the feud between al Qaeda and ISIS.
Hamas said it's ready "for any possible aggression" in a new video.
A 14-year-old Yazidi boy, who managed to flee an ISIS-run camp in Syria, revealed details of the training children were forced to undergo, Associated Press reported.
British Prime Minister David Cameron's plan will focus on finding ways to increase opportunities for ethnic minorities.
Prime Minister David Cameron says Britain needs to confront the ideology of extremism by promoting British values and challenge "ludicrous conspiracy theories" of groups such as the Islamic State.
U.S.-coalition planes dropped leaflets bearing drawings of dead extremists and a message promising freedom to the region.
Ugandan helicopters will bolster forces in the fight against the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab insurgency before President Obama visits Kenya later this week.
Young people can be seduced by the Islamic State group in multiple ways, ranging from financial rewards to the search for meaning in their lives.