Turkey police bill raises fears of new clampdown on dissent
By SUZAN FRASER and DESMOND BUTLER Chairs flew and lawmakers traded punches. A brawl in Parliament over a new security bill has forced the spotlight on mounting suspicions that President…
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Kayla Mueller’s boyfriend describes effort to free her
By FELICIA FONSECA Kayla Mueller was in a detention cell in Syria, face to face with her boyfriend who was posing as her husband. Had she told her captors she…
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…
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…
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…
Greece: Turkey must respect Cyprus’ right to search for gas
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Instead of issuing threats, Turkey must respect Cyprus’ right to search for offshore gas so suspended talks to reunify the ethnically divided island can resume, Greece’s prime…
Kurds celebrate ousting Islamic State fighters from Kobani
By ZEINA KARAM Jubilant Kurdish fighters ousted Islamic State militants from the key Syrian border town of Kobani on Monday after a four-month battle — a significant victory for both…
IS-linked militants say countdown for Japan’s hostages began
By MARI YAMAGUCHI and ELAINE KURTENBACHMilitants affiliated with the Islamic State group have posted an online warning that the “countdown has begun” for the group to kill a pair of…