Kerry: US open to talks with Iran over Iraq
By MATTHEW LEE FILE – This June 12, 2014 file photo shows Secretary of State John Kerry listens during a meeting between President Barack Obama and Australian Prime Minister Tony…
Militant groups
48 Kenyans dead: Witness: Gunmen spared Muslims
By TOM ODULA A member of the Kenyan security forces walks past the body of one of those who were killed by militants, in the village of Kibaoni just outside…
Young Iraqis volunteer to fight surging militants
By HAMZA HENDAWI and SAMEER N. YACOUB Iraqi men board military trucks to join the Iraqi army at the main recruiting center in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, June. 14, 2014, after…
Al-Qaida breakaway pursuing an Islamic state
By RYAN LUCAS Militias of the al-Qaida breakaway group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) deploy in an area in Tikrit, 80 miles (130 kilometers) north of Baghdad,…
UN: ‘UNSPEAKABLE SUFFERING’ FOR SYRIA’S CHILDREN
By BARBARA SURK FILE – In this file photo taken Friday, Oct. 26, 2012, displaced Syrian children gather barefoot in a refugee camp near Atma, Idlib province, Syria. Children in…
PAKISTAN TALKS WITH TALIBAN TEAM DELAYED
By MUNIR AHMED Pakistani religious cleric and member of Taliban’s negotiating committee Maulana Sami-ul-Haq arrives for a press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014. A three-member committee appointed…
8 DEAD IN TUNISIA SHOOTOUT WITH ISLAMISTS
By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA A hooded member of the Tunisian anti-terrorist police forces (BAT) walks near a house where suspected Islamist militants were hidden in Raoued, near Tunis, Tuesday, Feb.…
EGYPT REFERS BROTHERHOOD LEADER TO A NEW TRIAL
By MARIAM RIZK FILE – In this Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010 file photo, Leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood opposition group, Mohammed Badie attends a press conference at the group’s parliamentary…