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U.S.-backed Kurdish-led Syrian forces have announced the start of a campaign to retake the Islamic State's de facto capital of Raqqa from the extremist group.

Turkey's pro-Kurdish party has decided to halt its legislative activities in parliament following the arrest of nine of its lawmakers.

Russian emergency officials say six people are dead and four in serious condition after a gas explosion in an apartment building.

Syria's government says people who fled rebel zones that have since been retaken by the military are now welcome to return.

A Pakistani provincial minister says his administration should intervene with the central government to prevent a world-famous Afghan refugee from being deported.

Pope Francis has arrived in St. Peter's Basilica for a special Jubilee Mass for prisoners, hoping to bring a message of mercy and hope to inmates.

The Egyptian pound is trading in banks at around 16 to the dollar, down from the 13-pound peg the Central Bank set as a guiding exchange rate when it floated the currency last week.

The Latest on the battle to retake Mosul from the Islamic State group (all times local): 10: 45 a.m.

An Australian woman has been kidnapped from the Afghan capital Kabul by unknown gunmen.

A Pakistani government official says a group of militants has attacked a police post in the Khyber tribal region near the Afghan border, killing one policeman and wounding two others.

Bulgarians on Sunday choose a new president who will have to face both a possible rise in migrants from neighboring Turkey and growing tensions between Russia and the West.

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega appears to have a clear path to a third consecutive term following recent moves that weakened the country's opposition.

Iraq's special forces say they are still struggling to clear neighborhoods retaken from the Islamic State group along Mosul's eastern edge.

South Korean prosecutors on Sunday formally arrested two former presidential aides as they bring their investigation over a bizarre political scandal that has engulfed the nation a step closer to President Park Geun-hye.

Germany is to investigate all military recruits amid fears Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists are trying to join its armed forces.

China's top legislative panel has said Beijing must intervene in a Hong Kong political dispute to deter advocates of independence for the city, calling such acts a threat to national security.

Istanbul governor says police fired shots in the air at Istanbul's main airport when two suspects on a motorcycle refused to stop.

We drove into the town of Hamdaniya some 10 miles outside of Mosul, and it looked like a deserted wreck. The once bustling place of 60,000 was seized and run by ISIS militants for two years. And then won back by Iraqi forces some ten days ago.

Hundreds of far-right protesters have marched through Berlin calling for Chancellor Angela Merkel to be removed from office.

ROME (AP) — southern Libya in September were freed unharmed and brought to Italy early Saturday, authorities said.