Russian President Vladimir Putin said Donald Trump is "talented, without any doubt."
The Islamic State made at least $500 million from black market sales of oil, a U.S. Treasury Official reported on Thursday.
Russia will deploy ground troops to Syria, further escalating its involvement in the conflict that has seen it launch airstrikes from a Syrian air base.
A majority of French people say they support efforts to combat the Islamic State by sending French troops to fight them on the ground in Syria and Iraq.
The United States launched its first manned airstrikes against Islamic State positions in Syria and Iraq from Incirlik Airbase in Turkey while a ceasefire organized by Iran and Turkey took effect between rebels and Syrian government forces and their ally Hezbollah.
The government of Turkey has waded deeper into the complex battlefields of Iraq and Syria, sending its warplanes and ground troops to attack positions of both the Islamic State and the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, a Kurdish militant group labeled terrorists by the Turkish government and its Western allies.
The United States has so far only trained 60 fighters to form a "moderate" Syrian opposition that will fight the Islamic State in Syria.
Kate Moss is allegedly misbehaving while on board a plane from Turkey to London.
A man running for parliament in Turkey is the country's first openly gay person to try and seek such a public position in a country where homosexuality is largely frowned upon.
As the Turkish economy stalls, new polling suggests that the ruling AKP party may not be able to gain a majority in parliament, all but decimating the hopes of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to establish a new constitution and presidential system with him at the center.
The US government has said it will investigate claims that a coalition airstrike in Syria killed 52 civilians.
The leader of a violent, Kurdish nationalist movement has called for the end to their armed struggle.
Turkey has asked Twitter to block or remove the account belonging to one of the country's newspapers - BirGün Halkin Gazetesi. The company has refused saying that it intends to fight the court order from Turkish government.
The government of Japan has promised billions of dollars of support for countries that are currently dealing with the threat posed by the Islamic State.
The first non-Muslim shrine will be built by the Syriac community after 1923.
09 Aug '24 16:35PM