(BBC)- An Iraqi paramilitary force says it has seized a key road west of Mosul, effectively encircling the city controlled by so-called Islamic State. The Popular Mobilisation (Hashd al-Shaabi) declared it had taken control of the road between Tal Afar and Sinjar after linking up with...

After campaigning for a 40-team World Cup, FIFA President Gianni Infantino is now leaning toward an even bigger expansion to 48. "I like 48 because it gives a particular flavor, but I'm still really torn," Infantino said Wednesday after meetings outside Paris. Infantino said he is also...

Save the Children has hit out at the "moral outrage" of the mounting deaths and suffering of children in the battleground Syrian city of Aleppo, in a statement released Wednesday. The charity said medics across northwest Syria were looking to fortify hospitals after a wave of attacks in...

Reporting by Mohamed Yasser EASTERN GHOUTA (Eqtsad)- In not very far days, Abu Khalid remembers the harshest days of blockade, but this time with his twins Judi and Taj. Their main food was not available after regime forces centralized in the besieged Eastern Ghouta suburbs have been...