Iraqi forces gained ground from ISIS in Mosul and have deployed snipers in the Old City to target the extremists, officers said Tuesday. Iraqi forces launched a major operation to recapture west Mosul -- the most-populated urban area still held by ISIS -- on February 19, and have...

ISIS has claimed responsibility for a car bombing in Baghdad that killed 27 people the previous day, shattering a relative lull in the Iraqi capital. The extremist group says in an online statement posted on an ISIS-affiliated website hours after the attack that a militant parked the...

Nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu argued Monday Israel was unnecessarily hounding him 12 years after he was freed from prison, as he appeared in court over breaches of his release terms. The 62-year-old former nuclear technician was jailed in 1986 for disclosing the inner workings of...

Turkey's president, who has angered European allies with charges of fascism and anti-Turkish skulduggery, took grievances to the sporting arena on Monday, accusing the International Olympic Committee of playing tricks to stop Istanbul hosting the event. Since the early years of his political...