War on terror

Kerry calls for new measures to counter changing Islamic State

U.S. officials on Thursday called on partners in the coalition against Islamic State to increase intelligence sharing as the militant group morphs to focus on attacks beyond its shrinking self-declared caliphate in Iraq and Syria.

"Even as it is losing ground in the Middle East, we know already that they’re going to try to transform themselves into (a) global terrorist organization," U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said after a meeting of defense and foreign affairs chiefs from about 40 nations in the U.S.-led coalition.

"We talked about the importance of real-time communication between countries, information sharing" about militant suspects, he said.