Iraqi special forces pushed forward to reach a second bridge that links eastern Mosul to the city's west, which is still fully controlled by Islamic State, a military statement said on Friday. Troops further north meanwhile battled to try to seize the strategic Mosul University area, capture...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Israeli warplanes late on Thursday have conducted 8 airstrikes on Damascus' Mezzeh military airport , destroying ammunition depots, activists said. Israel has used its F-35 fighters jets for the first time in hitting Syrian targets. Conflicting reports said Israel...

A powerful blast caused by a suicide bomber hit a heavily policed district of the capital on Thursday with at least seven killed, a police source told state television. The source was quoted by state television as saying a suicide bomber blew himself in the Kafr Sousa neighbourhood...

London's Heathrow Airport says dozens of flights have been cancelled amid forecasts of snow and strong winds in Britain. Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport, said 80 out of about 1,350 flights scheduled Thursday have been cancelled pre-emptively because of the wintry weather. Britain's...