(The Daily Star)- A massive ISIS assault on targets in and around the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk came to an end Saturday after a day and night of heavy clashes, as Iraqi forces launched a new advance southeast of the ISIS-held city of Mosul. Brig. Gen. Khattab Omer of the Kirkuk police...

The dollar rose to its highest since early February against a basket of currencies on Friday as investors increased bets on higher U.S. interest rates, while a measure of world stocks posted its first weekly gain in four weeks despite some soft U.S. corporate results. On Wall Street, energy...

Russia expressed surprise Friday about the mooted deployment of US troops in neighboring Norway. "Taking into account multiple statements made by Norwegian officials about the absence of threat from Russia to Norway, we would like to understand why Norway is so much willing to increase its...

The Daesh terrorist group is using civilian hostages as "human shields" on the frontlines of the ongoing battle for Mosul, according to children who have recently fled the beleaguered city. Children from the village of Adla south of Mosul, who claim to have recently escaped the terrorist...