Human Rights Watch Thursday condemned videos circulating on social media purportedly showing Iraqi forces killing and beating men suspected of being Daesh (ISIS) fighters in Mosul. Two videos seen by the Associated Press were posted to Facebook earlier this week, a day after Iraqi Prime Minister...

Frustrated that China has not done more to rein in North Korea, the Trump administration could impose new sanctions on small Chinese banks and other firms doing business with Pyongyang within weeks, two senior U.S. officials said. The U.S. measures would initially hit Chinese entities...

A Western-backed rebel group in Syria and a monitor of the conflict there said rebels fired anti-aircraft machine guns at a Syrian military jet on Tuesday, damaging the plane, about 80 km (50 miles) east of Damascus. Western-backed rebels had also hit another Syrian military jet last month,...

 Rafael Nadal suffered fresh Wimbledon misery on Monday as the two-time champion crashed to a stunning 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 15-13 fourth round defeat against Luxembourg's Gilles Muller. Just weeks after winning his 10th French Open title, Nadal was condemned to his fifth exit before the...