A real-life version of the hit political drama “House of Cards” is unfolding at the Vatican, from cardinals openly defying the pope to anonymous posters...
Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, the man Donald Trump has picked to be his national security adviser, built a reputation in the Army as an astute intelligence...
In their struggle for the upper hand on national security, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are emphasizing strikingly different themes - he as the bold and...
Pope Francis Monday named a former Fox News correspondent to head up the Vatican press office and appointed the tiny state's first-ever female deputy...
Pope Francis Monday urged the Catholic Church to “move forward” as a review of teaching on the family got underway amid unprecedented controversy over its...
The U.S. special envoy for the coalition against ISIS was in Ankara Tuesday to meet Turkish officials, after speculation Turkey could launch a military...
It’s in the Alps and it involves powerful people hobnobbing.
Iraq's plan to recapture the western city of Ramadi from ISIS jihadis will dominate a meeting Tuesday in Paris of foreign ministers from the international...
President Barack Obama is right in pushing Iraqi leaders to unite and take action after the fall of Ramadi, the capital of the province of Anbar, last weekend.
The emir of Qatar met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for surprise talks in the capital Ankara, a Turkish presidential official says
No timeline should be imposed on Iraqi forces planning an offensive to take back the key city of Mosul as the operation will require elaborate preparations, a...
Iraqi troops and Shiite militias battled ISIS Tuesday on the outskirts of militant-held Tikrit, unable to advance further on Saddam Hussein’s hometown as...
About 800 Iraqi forces backed by U.S. warplanes are waging a battle to retake the western town of Al-Baghdadi from ISIS jihadis, a U.S. military commander...
New Pentagon chief Ashton Carter vows 'lasting defeat' against ISIS as he summoned top generals and diplomats to Kuwait to review the war effort against the...
New Pentagon chief Ashton Carter will hold talks Monday in Kuwait with top US commanders and diplomats to discuss the war effort against the Islamic State...
As the fighting in Iraq is characterized by the slow but definite retreat of ISIS, the situation in Syria remains fluid.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Wednesday expressed frustration that the US and its allies were not responding to conditions set for his country to...
The United States does not expect Syrian rebels it plans to train to fight ISIS militants to also take on President Bashar Assad's forces, but sees them as a...
The United States does not expect Syrian rebels it plans to train to fight ISIS militants to also take on President Bashar Assad’s forces, but sees them as a...
The Baghdad suburb of Abu Ghraib will never fall to ISIS, Sheikh Khalil Ibrahim Haidan said, launching into discussion at his family farm.