The wife of a senior Islamic State leader who was killed in a U.S. raid last year has been charged in federal court with holding American Kayla Mueller hostage and with contributing to the aid worker’s death, the Justice Department says. Nisreen Assad Ibrahim Bahar, also known as Umm Sayyaf,… Read More

Saudi Arabia’s offer to send troops to fight Islamic State in Syria is as much about the kingdom’s growing determination to flex its military might as it is about answering U.S. calls for more help from its allies in the Middle East. A Saudi deployment runs the potentially explosive risk… Read More

Canada’s prime minister on Monday announced that the country will end airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq by Feb. 22, saying that “the people terrorized by ISIL every day don’t need our vengeance, they need our help.” Justin Trudeau, following up on campaign promises he made… Read More

A modern-day glassblower believes he has unraveled the mysteries of Renaissance-era Venetian glassmaking, a trade whose secrets were so closely guarded that anyone who divulged them faced the prospect of death. Today’s glassblowers work with methane-fired furnaces, electric-powered kilns, good lighting and proper ventilation. The craftsmen of Murano, an island… Read More

Could this be the end for the Islamic State? A Saudi military spokesman says the kingdom is ready to send ground troops to Syria to fight ISIS face-to-face, provided coalition leaders agree during an upcoming meeting in Brussels. Brig. Gen. Ahmed Asiri said on Thursday that Saudi Arabia has taken… Read More

More than 40 years after a British aristocrat disappeared without trace in the hours after his children’s nanny was bludgeoned to death and his wife was badly beaten, he was officially declared dead Wednesday, allowing his son to take his title. The story of Lord Lucan is one of Britain’s… Read More