Westerners join Kurds fighting Islamic State group in Iraq
By VIVIAN SALAMA and BRAM JANSSEN As Kurdish fighters gathered around a fire in this damp, frigid mountain town in northwestern Iraq, exhausted from battling the Islamic State group, a…
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Purported IS video shows Jordan pilot burned to death
A video released online Tuesday purportedly shows a Jordanian pilot captured by the Islamic State extremist group being burned to death. The Associated Press was not immediately able to confirm…
The cost of leaving Islamic State: Death or jail
By LORI HINNANT and PAUL SCHEMM The man stands furtively on a street corner near the broad avenue cutting through Tunis, his face masked by a hoodie, his tense eyes…
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe defends handling of hostage crisis
By MARI YAMAGUCHI and ELAINE KURTENBACH Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe defended his policy toward terrorism, as the flag at his official residence flew at half-staff Monday in a mark…
Analysis: The world’s problems enter Japan’s psyche, again
By KEN MORITSUGU The Japanese, who inhabit one of the safest countries in the world, have been brutally reminded that the world is a dangerous place. In a shock to…
Iraqi libraries ransacked by Islamic State group in Mosul
By SINAN SALAHEDDIN and SAMEER N. YACOUB When Islamic State group militants invaded the Central Library of Mosul earlier this month, they were on a mission to destroy a familiar…
Battle with IS kills senior Kurdish general, 8 of his troops
By IMAD MATTI and SAMEER N. YACOUB Clashes with Islamic State militants killed a senior Kurdish military commander and eight of his fighters just outside the disputed northern Iraqi city…
Human Rights group blasts IS for atrocities
By BASSEM MROUE Human Rights Watch on Thursday blasted Islamic State militants over their atrocities, but also criticized the “sectarian and abusive” policies of the Syrian and Iraqi governments, saying…