Iraqi troops and security forces advanced towards Mosul from the south and southeast of the city on Sunday, Iraqi officials said, backed by air and ground support from a U.S.-led coalition as they edged closer to the Islamic State stronghold. A military statement said the army's ninth...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian resistance announced on Sunday that it began targeting regime and pro-regime militia positions in the 3000 apartment project in the strategic al-Hamadaniya neighborhood with artillery and missiles. Zaman al-Wasl reporter in Aleppo said that the Syrian resistance...

A follower of ISIS was responsible for a stabbing attack on two youths in the German city of Hamburg two weeks ago, the militant group's Amaq news agency said Sunday. In the incident, the unknown perpetrator attacked a young couple sitting under a bridge at the Alster river in downtown...

(The Daily Star)- A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 struck central Italy early Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said, but there were no immediate reports of any casualties. The quake -- which was felt from Rome to Venice -- struck at 0640 GMT six kilometers (3.5 miles)...