Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane believes opponents raise their game when facing the European champions after suffering a shock defeat to Valencia in midweek. Madrid spurned the chance to extend their one-point lead over Barcelona at the top of the table as they conceded twice to a Valencia...

Malaysia plans to sweep one of the terminals at Kuala Lumpur international airport for toxic chemicals after Kim Jong Nam was murdered there with a nerve agent last week. The teams involved include the police forensic team, the fire department and the Atomic Energy Licensing Board, the...

 U.S.-backed Iraqi forces pushed deeper into western Mosul Saturday after retaking the city's airport from ISIS and punching into built-up areas of the extremists' last major stronghold in the country. Troops advanced in several more populated, built-up southern districts and about...

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir was in Baghdad for talks Saturday, the first such visit by a chief diplomat from the kingdom in years, Iraqi officials said. He met his Iraqi counterpart Ibrahim al-Jaafari, a foreign ministry official told AFP on condition of anonymity. Another...