(Reuters) - Islamic State fighters traded sniper fire and mortar rounds with Iraqi troops and allied Shi'ite militia forces on Sunday in the city of Tikrit amid further reports the militants had obtained chlorine for possible use as a chemical weapon. A military official returned from...

(Reuters) - Bombs outside two churches in the Pakistani city of Lahore killed 14 people and wounded nearly 80 during Sunday services, and witnesses said quick action by a security guard prevented many more deaths. A Pakistani Taliban splinter group claimed responsibility. The blasts...

(Reuters) - On the eve of fresh talks with  Iran , U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said it was unclear whether an interim agreement over its nuclear power program was within reach. "I can't tell you whether or not we can get a deal, whether we are close," Kerry told a news...

As Syria's civil war enters its fifth year, 14 million children are suffering from the escalating violence sweeping  Syria  and much of Iraq, according to the UN's children's agency.   "I miss Aleppo so much, but what I miss most is the food in Aleppo," Hanaa...