Hezbollah: Israeli Airstrike Killed Militant in Syria
Released Lebanese prisoner Samir Kantar, who was controversially freed by Israel in a prisoner swap last year. JERUSALEM—The Lebanese...
Pentagon Chief Pays Surprise Visit to Afghan Front Lines
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter greets Army Lt. Gen. Sean MacFarland after arriving in Baghdad, Dec. 16, 2015. Carter is on a weeklong...
Obama Reassures Americans About Security Threat at Home
President Barack Obama speak at the National Counterterrorism Center in McLean, Va.,Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015. WHITE HOUSE—U.S. President...
US Withdraws 12 Fighter Jets from Turkey
An F-15E Strike Eagle sits on the flightline at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, in October 2010. The U.S. military has announced it...
US, Russia Make Progress on Syria
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) talks to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov ahead of a meeting in Moscow, Russia, Dec. 15,...
World Powers Back Libyan Unity Plan
Italy's Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni (C), U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and UN special envoy for Libya Martin Kobler at a...
US Warns Islamic State has Passport-Printing Capability
Passengers arriving from abroad at Los Angeles International Airport use new automated passport kiosks. The U.S. government is issuing a...
Putin: Russia Supports Leading Western-Backed Opposition Group
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, speaks with Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov at a meeting...
'Shocked and alarmed': New York Times reporter back from Libya describes the ISIS surge ther
ISIS fighters drive through Libya. While Western nations focus on taking ISIS out in Iraq and Syria, the terrorist group's influence in...
Key Waterways Become Focus of Turkish, Russian Tensions
A Russian warship passes through the Bosphorus, in Istanbul, en route to the Mediterranean Sea, Oct. 6, 2015. ISTANBUL—The escalating...
