The United States will "have to negotiate" with the Syrian government in an effort to end the country's four-year-old conflict, Secretary of State John Kerry said in a TV program aired on Sunday.
Abductors of a 87-year-old American woman missionary, Rev. Phyllis Sortor, in central north Nigeria's Kogi State have asked large ransom in exchange for her release, an aide said on Thursday.
The United States is offering rewards of up to 5 million dollars for information on two associates of the Afghan extremist group Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin ( HIG), the State Department said on Thursday.
Local police authorities in northern Nigeria's Yobe State confirmed Sunday a suicide bomb attack in a crowded market of the Potiskum town but said they were still collecting the official figure of casualties.
A video purporting to show the execution of a Jordanian pilot hostage was released on Tuesday by the terrorist group Islamic State (IS) shortly after the United States and Jordan signed a memorandum which would increase the U.S. annual assistance to Jordan from 660 million to 1 billion U.S. dollars.
All eyes were on Australia Monday after a gunman took hostages at a Sydney cafe, begging the question of whether Islamist radicals, particularly the Islamic State, could strike the United States. But while the majority of Americans believe an Islamic State attack on the U.S. is possible, some experts said it's unlikely.
Syria's Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi on Thursday slammed the U.S. State Department statement that condemned the Syrian airstrikes against the northern province of al-Raqqa, saying the statement contains fabricated accusations, according to the official SANA news agency.
The trilateral talks on Iran's nuclear programs in Muscat, capital of Oman, were "tough, direct and serious," said a U.S. State Department spokesperson Monday.
U.S. President Barack Obama has written to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to express a "shared interest" in fighting the Islamic State extremist group in Iraq and Syria, an American newspaper reported Thursday.
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that he will ask Congress for a new authorization to use military force against the Islamic State extremist group.
The United States on Monday met with coalition partners over how to integrate and increase joint efforts to fight the Islamic State extremist group in Iraq and Syria.
Russia has reached no agreement with the United States over sharing intelligence against the extremist Islamic State (IS) group or sending military instructors to Iraq, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Saturday.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday hailed Iraqi lawmakers' approving Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's nominees for the posts of defense and interior ministers as "a very positive step forward" in fighting the militant Islamic State (IS).
The United States reiterated on Monday that it is not targeting the Syrian government in its ongoing airstrikes on the Islamic State militant group.
A three-minute video has been released by the Islamic State (IS) Thursday afternoon, showing a British hostage, saying he would show some facts and truth in a series of programs.
More small businesses in China will enjoy tax breaks as part of the government's efforts to promote their growth and counter pressure on economic growth, the State Council announced following a meeting on Wednesday.
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved President Barack Obama's plan to train and equip Syrian rebels as part of efforts to fight the Islamic State militant group.
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