Iraqi forces said they launched new assaults in Mosul's Old City on Monday after more than two weeks of only small advances and a high civilian death toll appeared to prompt a change in tactics. A March 17 explosion that killed between 60 and 240 people, according to conflicting accounts,...

A Spanish National Court judge has ordered an investigation into the alleged role of nine Syrian officials in the disappearance and execution of a man in 2013, in the first criminal case accepted by a European court against President Bashar Assad's regime. Investigative magistrate Eloy...

Israel Monday urged citizens vacationing in Egypt's Sinai peninsula to leave immediately, saying the threat of attacks inspired by ISIS and other extremist groups was high. The advisory was issued ahead of the Passover holiday, when thousands of Israelis cross the land border with Egypt to...

The Kremlin Monday rejected calls by the United States and the European Union to release opposition protesters detained during what it said were illegal demonstrations Sunday and accused organizers of paying teenagers to attend. Police detained hundreds of protesters across Russia on Sunday,...