(Reuters) - World Cup favourites Brazil were held to a 0-0 draw by Mexico on Tuesday as goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa produced an inspired performance to deny the Brazilians their 11th victory in a row. In an absorbing Group A match in the deafening cauldron of Fortaleza's...

BEIRUT (AP) — A car bomb exploded in eastern Syria near the border with Iraq on Tuesday, killing at least seven people, including a local rebel commander, opposition activists said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the blast struck near the offices of...

* War crimes sleuths issue 12th report on regional conflict * ISIL accused of atrocities against all communities * Syrians describe "slowly starving" under air attack By Stephanie Nebehay and Tom Miles GENEVA, June 17 (Reuters) - The Middle East appears on the...

  ALQOSH, Iraq — Over the past decade, Iraqi Christians have fled repeatedly to this ancient mountainside village, seeking refuge from violence, then returning home when the danger eased. Now they are doing it again as Islamic militants rampage across northern Iraq, but this...