U.S.-backed Iraqi forces pressed an advance on neighborhoods under ISIS control in Mosul Monday as they seek to dislodge fighters entrenched in a central mosque before the holy month of Ramadan. Seven months into the campaign to recapture Mosul, militants are besieged in its northwestern...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas began a three-day visit to India Monday with a tour of an IT facility that is helping Ramallah build a high-end tech hub. Abbas, who arrived late Sunday, will hold talks on the Middle East peace process, among other issues, with Prime Minister Narendra...

North Korea said Monday it had successfully tested a new type of rocket in its latest missile launch, as analysts said it showed an unprecedented range that brought U.S. bases in the Pacific within reach. Sunday's launch was of a "new ground-to-ground medium long-range strategic ballistic...

Oil prices jumped on Monday after the energy ministers of top producers Saudi Arabia and Russia jointly said that an OPEC-led crude production cut would be extended from the middle of this year until March 2018. Brent crude was at $51.66 per barrel at 0410 GMT, up 82 cents, or 1.6 percent,...