Iraqi soldiers fighting just north of Mosul, within sight of city neighborhoods, said on Sunday they were ready to tighten the noose around Islamic State militants waging a brutal defense of their Iraqi stronghold. Four weeks into the campaign to crush Islamic State in Mosul, the city is...

The United Nations on Sunday appealed for $152 million to provide shelter, sanitation and food for a huge influx of refugees returning to Afghanistan from Pakistan. Pakistan has stepped up the pressure for its 1.5 million registered Afghan refugees to return home, citing security concerns....

 French President Francois Hollande on Sunday began commemorations for the first anniversary of the Paris terror attacks by unveiling a plaque in memory of a man killed by suicide bombers at the Stade de France. Manuel Dias, 63, died outside the national stadium where France were...

Iraqi forces battled waves of suicide car bombs Sunday as they attempt to advance deeper into Mosul in the face of heavy resistance from ISIS. Troops are converging from several fronts on the city, Iraq's second-largest and the extremists' last major holdout in the country. The special...