Three Yemeni army personnel and scores of Shia Houthi militiamen and their allies were killed in Thursday clashes in Yemen’s Al-Jawf province on the first day of a UN-backed 72-hour ceasefire, according to pro-government sources. "The Houthis violated the terms of the truce, attacking...

An Ohio woman accused of suffocating her three young sons over a 13-month period says in a recorded police interview that she smothered each boy with a blanket over the face because she didn't want to see them suffering. The Columbus Dispatch reports Brittany Pilkington also said she was...

(theguardian)- Theresa May has called on her fellow European leaders to put pressure on Russia to stop its “appalling, sickening” atrocities in Syria. Arriving at her first European summit, the prime minister said Europe needed to take a “robust and united stance” in the face of...

Iraqi special forces charged into the Mosul battle Thursday with a pre-dawn advance on a nearby town held by the Islamic State group, a key part of a multi-pronged assault on eastern approaches to the besieged city. The addition of the elite troops, also known as counterterrorism forces,...