,b>Iraqi forces enter Mosul city limits
BAZWAYA, Iraq — Iraq’s special forces entered the outskirts of Mosul today, taking the state television building and advancing de...
In dawn assault, special forces face resistance
BAZWAYA, Iraq — Iraqi special forces advanced on the Islamic State-held city of Mosul from the east today, taking heavy fi...
Francis travels to Sweden
LUND, Sweden — Pope Francis is heading to secular Sweden to mark the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, a remarkably bold gesture ...
BEIJING — A gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in western China today, leaving 33 miners trapped, a local government official said. Two other miners were rescued.
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BRUSSELS — The European Union and Canada on Sunday signed a landmark trade pact, ending days of drama after a small Belgian region refused to endorse the agreement.
Cana...
2B affected worldwide
NEW DELHI — As Indians woke today to smoke-filled skies from a weekend of festival fireworks, New Delhi’s worst season for air pollution begins — wi...
LONDON — Olivier Award-winning British theater director Howard Davies, who had hits in London and Broadway directing Kathleen Turner in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” Lindsay ...
SHURA, Iraq — Iraqi forces pushed into a town south of Mosul on Saturday after Islamic State fighters fled with civilians used as human shields, as state-sanctioned Shii...
TOKYO — The younger brother of former Japanese Emperor Hirohito died Thursday at 100.
The Imperial Household Agency announced that Prince Mikasa died in a Tokyo hospital...
Mosul chemical attack possible
BAGHDAD — The U.N.’s public health agency said today it has trained 90 Iraqi medics in “mass casualty management,” with a special focus on ...
