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Iraqi forces have entered ISIS-held Mosul for the first time in more than two years, the Iraqi Defense Ministry said, in an operation to free the key city from the militant group's control.

ISIS' media arm has released audio purportedly featuring its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in which he urges fighters not to retreat from an attack on its Iraq stronghold, Mosul.

The Latest on U.K. court decision on Brexit (all times local): 1:20 p.m. The leader of the anti-migrant and anti-EU Northern League party in Italy says that a decision by …

Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by 6 percentage points, 45 percent to 39 percent, in a new Reuters/Ipsos poll of likely voters released late Wednesday. Clinton's lead rises to 8 points when Libertarian Gary Johnson an...

The world is nowhere near on track to achieve the ambitious temperature goals adopted in the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change, the U.N. said Thursday in a sobering report …

Islamic State terror chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has urged jihadists in Mosul to fight to the death as US-led coalition forces continue to close in on the Iraqi city. “Do not retreat,” he said in a new audio recording...

Nawaz Sharif files response to Supreme Court order but leaves out his children despite orders in Panama Papers inquiry.

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake rocked central Italy early Thursday morning, the latest in a string of strong temblors that have hit the region. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake was shallow, at just 6.2 miles deep, a...

She patiently waited her whole life — all 108 years — for this moment: To see the Chicago Cubs win the World Series. Hazel Nilson lives in New Hampshire now, but she grew up near Wrigley Field. The longtime baseball ...

Pakistan's foreign ministry says an Afghan woman who gained fame in 1984 after a photograph of her as a refugee girl was published on the cover of National Geographic has …

One week into the US-backed offensive to retake Mosul, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump claimed that it was "turning out to be a total disaster." There is a lot wrong with this statement -- first and foremo...

Media narrative about Mosul is rooted in pro-US military propaganda, says US-based Iraqi analyst Raed Jarrar.

Pakistani officials say a train crash has killed 17 people in the southern port city of Karachi. Railways official Nasir Nazeer says another 50 people were injured in the accident, …

If you step outside on November 14, you might notice the moon is looking bigger and brighter than usual.

Rebel groups called the offer a media stunt for "public consumption"

"Under cover of religion, these places held meetings that in reality were aimed at promoting a radical ideology"

The stock market has been pouting about Trump's recent surge in the polls for a week. This is going to be a helluva finish, so let me recap some of my predictions for those of you who aren't binge- following this electio...

In a last-minute effort to save Hillary Clinton's bid for the White House, Barack Obama's chief adviser, Valerie Jarrett, has urged the president to fire FBI Director James Comey, according to a source close to Jarrett. ...

The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local): 3:50 p.m. Syrian TV says the civilian death toll from rebel attacks on government-held western Aleppo has risen to 12, …

A Syrian asylum-seeker has been convicted of three counts of attempted murder for throwing his children out of the window of a refugee home in Germany. He was sentenced to …

Two teenage girls in Morocco face up to three years in jail on homosexuality charges after they were caught kissing.

Britain's High Court brought government plans for leaving the European Union screeching to a halt Thursday, ruling that the prime minister can't trigger the U.K.'s exit from the bloc without …