KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congolese forces rescued 41 hostages held by Islamic State-linked rebels after an intense battle with the extremists in the country’s hard-hit eastern region, an army spokesman ...

The line between a sympathiser and member of the so-called Islamic State (IS) “was crossed” by a former Irish soldier, a ...

The conviction of a former Irish soldier for membership of the so-called Islamic State (IS), because she travelled to Syria in 2015, “falls short of Irish law”, a Dublin court has heard. Lisa Smith, ...

The former Defence Forces member was found guilty of IS membership in 2022, but was cleared of financing terrorism, after a ...

The US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress is a long-range, heavy bomber capable of various missions. It can fly at high subsonic ...

Egypt has long positioned itself as a mediator in the Israel-Palestine conflict by leveraging its unique geographical ...

AMMAN — The Board of Directors of the Jordan Europe Business Association (JEBA) on Thursday held a meeting with ...

Behind the headlines, and largely unreported, the basic measures of human well-being have continued to get better in recent ...

Bafel Talabani, leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), met with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani in ...

Shara, Syria’s new leader, introduced a caretaker government that would supervise the country’s transition from five decades of dictatorial rule. He gave some cabinet positions to figures outside his ...

Trump has repeatedly floated the idea of sending U.S. citizens convicted of crimes to prisons in El Salvador, but experts ...