ISIL is using “headhunters” on social media and instant messaging sites to recruit disaffected young people in Germany, some as young as 13 or 14, the head of the country’s domestic intelligence agency said on Thursday. Hans-Georg Maassen also drew parallels between the militant terrorist group and past radical movements ...
The United Nations’ peace envoy for Syria will attend talks next week convened by Iran, Russia and Turkey on shoring up a ceasefire in Syria, the UN spokesman said Thursday. Staffan de Mistura will lead the UN delegation to the meetings in the Kazakh capital of Astana that are due ...