By Simon Lewis and Neil Jerome Morales MARAWI CITY, Philippines (Reuters) - When Philippines troops advanced on positions held by Islamist militants in a southern city last week, they were caught in a kill zone.

By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Gunmen were holding at least 20 people hostage in a restaurant in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Thursday, police said, after a suicide bomber rammed a car next door and militants stormed inside in an attack claimed by Islamist al Shabaab militants.

By Dustin Volz and Jim Finkle WASHINGTON/TORONTO (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Tuesday issued a rare alert squarely blaming the North Korean government for a raft of cyber attacks stretching back to 2009 and warning that more were likely. The joint warning from the U.S.

ANKARA (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday blamed the United States for instability in the Middle East and said Washington's fight against the Islamic State militant group was "a lie". "You (the United States) and your agents are the source of instability in the Middle East...who created Islamic State? America ...

By Ingrid Melander and Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron's fledgling party is set to trounce France's traditional main parties in a parliamentary election and secure a huge majority to push through his pro-business reforms, projections after the first round showed on Sunday.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Saturday it had told the United States it was unacceptable for Washington to strike pro-government forces in Syria after the U.S. military carried out an air strike on pro-Assad militia last month. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov relayed the message to U.S.

By William James and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May faces a slew of criticism after a failed election campaign left her short of a parliamentary majority and fighting for survival as the clock ticks down to the start of Brexit talks.

By Costas Pitas and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May was fighting to hold on to her job on Friday as British voters denied her the stronger mandate she had sought to lead the country into divorce talks with the European Union.

By William James and Kylie MacLellan NORWICH/LONDON (Reuters) - On the eve of an election Prime Minister Theresa May returned to her core message that only she can deliver a good Brexit deal, moving on from a heated national debate over security after two deadly Islamist attacks.

By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump took sides in a deep rift in the Arab world on Tuesday, praising Middle East countries' actions against American ally Qatar over Islamist militants even though the tiny Gulf state hosts the largest U.S. air base in the region.