EU, US have little leverage as Turkish democracy backslides

Since quashing a July coup attempt, Turkey's president has used extraordinary powers from a state of emergency to arrest and purge thousands of opponents.

Turkey detains another 2 pro-Kurdish mayors

Turkey's state-run news agency says authorities have detained another two mayors belonging to the pro-Kurdish party on terrorism-related charges.

France: 7 arrested in anti-terror raids, attack thwarted

French anti-terrorism police have arrested seven people in Strasbourg and Marseille and thwarted what the interior minister called a new potential attack.

Afghan official: suicide bomber kills 27 in a Shiite mosque

An Afghan official says that at least 27 civilians have been killed after a suicide bomber attacked a Shiite mosque in the capital, Kabul.

Iraqi forces regroup, search for cars intended for attacks

A top Iraqi commander says troops fighting the Islamic State group in the eastern outskirts of Mosul are regrouping and conducting house-to-house searches looking for vehicles prim...

Egypt to try nearly 300 over attacks, assassination plot

Egypt's state news agency says nearly 300 suspects linked to the Islamic State group have been referred to a military tribunal over attacks and an alleged plot to assassinate Presi...

UN Syria envoy arrives in Damascus

The U.N.'s special envoy to Syria has arrived in Damascus to meet with Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem amid an intensified government campaign in Aleppo that has left all hospita...

Iraqi forces push on against IS in eastern Mosul

An Iraqi commander says troops are advancing toward to the center of Mosul, pushing back Islamic State fighters, but are hindered by sniper fire and suicide bombings as well as con...

What more to discuss? For Obama and world leaders it's Trump

Trying to tie up loose ends of his foreign policy agenda, President Barack Obama on Saturday instead found world leaders more focused on someone else: President-elect Donald Trump.

Troops gun down suicide bomber in northeast Nigerian city

Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency says troops have gunned down a suicide bomber at a transit camp for refugees from Boko Haram in the northeastern city of Maiduguri.