Elite Iraqi forces were engaged in "intense" fighting with jihadists in eastern Mosul on Saturday, an officer said, as civilians gathered on the city's outskirts to flee. Iraqi forces launched a massive operation to retake the country's second city from the Islamic State group on October 17,...

A flotilla of Russian warships is now in the eastern Mediterranean off the Syrian coast after being sent to reinforce Russia's military in the area, a naval commander said on state television. The commander of Russia's flagship Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier Sergei Artamonov said via...

About 6,000 pro-Kurdish demonstrators are holding a rally in the western German city of Cologne in protest against the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Police said Saturday that the rally in an industrial area along the Rhine River has been peaceful so far. Erdogan's...

(The Daily Star)- Turkey's military killed 18 ISIS militants in northern Syria over the last 24 hours, the army said Saturday, intensifying strikes against the militant group. Four buildings and one vehicle used by the ISIS fighters were destroyed in the strikes, an army statement said....