Boko Haram militants launches first attack on Chadian village
By DANY PADIRE and KRISTA LARSON Suspected Boko Haram militants staged their first attack in Chad on Friday, hitting the third country outside their home base of Nigeria in recent…
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AP Exclusive: High civilian death toll in Gaza house strikes
By KARIN LAUB, FARES AKRAM and MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH The youngest to die was a 4-day-old girl, the oldest a 92-year-old man. They were among at least 844 Palestinians killed as…
Obama sends Congress request for military force against IS
By NEDRA PICKLER and DAVID ESPO President Barack Obama sent Congress legislation Wednesday to authorize military force against Islamic State fighters, asking lawmakers to “show the world we are united…
Fresh off victory over IS in Kobani, Kurds seek more success
By ZEINA KARAM and MOHAMMED RASOOL For Kurdish fighters, last month’s victory over Islamic State militants in the town of Kobani in northern Syria was only the beginning. Their ambition…
From Jordan base, UAE resumes airstrikes on Islamic State
By ADAM SCHRECK United Arab Emirates fighter planes roared out of an air base in Jordan on Tuesday to pound Islamic State militant positions, marking a return to combat operations…
Islamic State hostage’s family hopeful she’s still alive
By FELICIA FONSECA and BRIAN SKOLOFF The parents of a 26-year-old American who Islamic State extremists say was killed in an airstrike in Syria said in a statement addressed to…
In unison, Muslim clerics lash out against Islamic State
By VIVIAN SALAMA The immolation of a Jordanian pilot by the Islamic State group has brought a unified outcry Friday from top religious clerics across the Muslim world — including…
Lawmakers expect resistance to granting Obama war powers
ANDREW TAYLOR NEDRA PICKLER Republican and Democratic leaders in Congress will face some resistance in a vote to authorize President Barack Obama’s war against Islamic State militants despite international outrage…