The family of Austin Tice, a US journalist held captive in Syria since 2012, renewed calls Wednesday for his release as a banner highlighting his case was unveiled by press freedom groups. The #FreeAustinTice banner was attached to the facade of the Newseum, a museum focused on news media...

 At least 12 migrants died off the coast of Libya Wednesday after they put to sea in stormy weather, the Italian coastguard said, adding that many others might have died in the incident. Some 29 people were rescued when their rubber dinghy started to take in water 25 miles (40 km) north...

An EU mission to train the Libyan coast guard hopes to diffuse tensions between the crisis-hit country and migrant rescue boats off its shores, and stop attacks by rogue vessels, its chief said Wednesday. Italian Rear Admiral Enrico Credendino, who heads up Operation Sophia, admitted NGOs...

(The Daily Star)- A spokesman for a leading Shiite militia says its fighters have gained control of a highway linking the ISIS-held city of Mosul to the Syrian city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of the militants' self-proclaimed caliphate. The spokesman for the Hezbollah Brigades, Jaafar...