More than 3,300 fleeing Iraqis sought help from the government on day nine of its offensive to retake Mosul, the most for a single day so far, a minister said Wednesday. The number is far short of the hundreds of thousands that aid agencies have been bracing for but the offensive is still in...

(The Guardian)- Spain is facing criticism for reportedly preparing to allow the refuelling of Russian warships en route to bolstering the bombing campaign against the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo. Warships led by the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov are expected to take on fuel and...

(BBC)- A Finnish-Syrian man feted by the global media for smuggling toys into Syria has rejected fraud allegations. On Friday, Finnish police said they had launched a preliminary investigation into his use of donated money. Finnish media have published claims he withheld money, had links...

A former nurse in Canada faces first-degree murder charges in the deaths of eight elderly patients at two nursing homes in the province of Ontario, according to authorities. Police said the deaths occurred at nursing homes in Woodstock and London, Ontario, between 2007 and 2014, CTV...