Investigators pored over a Japanese mountain Tuesday after a massive avalanche tore through a group of high school students and teachers, killing eight, amid questions about why avalanche warnings were ignored and whether they had proper equipment. The avalanche in central Japan Monday,...

A recent spike in civilian casualties in Mosul suggests the U.S.-led coalition is not taking adequate precautions to prevent civilian deaths as it battles ISIS alongside Iraqi ground forces, Amnesty International said Tuesday. The human rights group's report follows acknowledgement from the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Fierce fighting reported between ISIS and Kurdish militias in the southern countryside of Hasaka province as tens of families have been fleeing their villages near al-Shadadi town, activists said Tuesday. Malaz Yousef, Hasaka-based activist, said the Islamic State launched...

The White House is calling on Russia to immediately release all peaceful protesters arrested over the weekend during a large anti-government demonstration. White House press secretary Sean Spicer said the U.S. "strongly condemns the detention of hundreds of peaceful protesters throughout...