German leaders and lawmakers are paying tribute to former Chancellor Helmut Kohl, who spearheaded the country's reunification during 16 years at the helm, in a requiem Mass at Berlin's Roman Catholic cathedral. The parliamentary caucus of Kohl's conservative party organized Tuesday's event...

A Swede who had been held hostage by Al-Qaeda in Mali since 2011 has been freed, the Swedish government said Monday, but the fate of a fellow hostage from South Africa remains unknown. "It is with great pleasure that I can announce that Johan Gustafsson has been released and can return to...

The battle to take full control of Mosul from Islamic State will be over in a few days and an attempted fight-back by the militants failed, an Iraqi general told Reuters on Monday. "Only a small part remains in the city, specifically the Old City," said Lieutenant General Abdul Ghani...

A gunman paused for a moment after entering an internet cafe in the Yemeni port city of Aden, approached Amgad Abdulrahman and pulled the trigger three times. As the 22-year-old law student -- a member of a cultural club set up by secularists -- lay dying, the gunman waved his pistol...