(Sky News)- At least 19 people have been killed and 50 others were injured when two trains carrying hundreds of passengers collided in the Pakistani city of Karachi. Horrified witnesses described how one train sped into Quaidabad station and rammed into another train which was stationary at...

(Wall Street Journal)- Egypt’s central bank said Thursday it would freely float the local currency, in a move aimed at eliminating a flourishing black market for dollars after the cash-strapped government secured loans to boost its reserves. The National Bank of Egypt, the country’s...

(Time)- The Russian president on Wednesday offered a new unilateral humanitarian pause for Syria’s war-ravaged Aleppo, urging rebels to use it to leave the city’s eastern, besieged districts. The Syrian rebels quickly dismissed Vladimir Putin’s initiative. Later in the day, at least...

 Extremist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi called on his fighters to resist as Iraqi forces were poised Thursday to enter the city of Mosul where he declared a "caliphate" two years ago. The appeal was made in an audio recording released on the Internet and purported to be by the elusive...