FOREIGN MINISTERS PLAN NEXT MOVES AGAINST ISIS

An unprecedented 40- nation summit on combating the Islamic State convened in Washington Thursday with a goal of bolstering the military campaign against the extremist group and countering propaganda it spreads to recruit fighters from around the world.

U. S. Secretary of State John Kerry opened the event with German Foreign Minister FrankWalter Steinmeier, who co- hosted a funding conference Wednesday that raised $ 2.1 billion to help Iraq restore stability to territory it regained from the Islamic State.

“We look forward to ( German) leadership and thoughts today about how we continue to put pressure not only on ( the Islamic State) but on all terrorism, and we are committed to that,” Kerry said.

— Oren Dorell