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"It's like a choice between the plague and cholera."

Raqqa is the last city of any consequence still held by Islamic State in either Syria or Iraq. But after being pummeled by airstrikes for months, ISIS' de-facto capital is now surrounded by US-backed rebels on three sides.

Street artist Banksy may have painted himself into a corner. The anonymous art star has been forced to cancel plans to give free works to voters in parts of the UK, after the police launched an investigation.

President Trump is having a difficult week and it's only Monday.

The sky opened up over London on Monday evening, drenching hundreds of mourners who had gathered along the River Thames -- less than a mile from where a deadly attack left at least seven people dead over the weekend.

US-backed forces in Syria have launched an offensive to seize the city of Raqqa after more than three years of ISIS rule.

In sport, the margins between victory and defeat are often wafer thin.

The death toll in one of Afghanistan's worst terrorist attacks has jumped from 90 to at least 150, President Ashraf Ghani said, one week after the enormous blast shook Kabul.

Out of the suffering comes stories of survival from the people who've escaped the battle for Mosul, and those risking their lives to save them. CNN's Arwa Damon reports.

Khuram Shahzad Butt, a 27-year-old British national born in Pakistan who died in a hail of police bullets Saturday night after the London attack, was a tall, lanky, straggly bearded young man of few words -- a brainwashed follower of al-Muhajiroun, a loose grouping of British extremists supportive of ISIS linked to a large number of terrorist plots involving UK nationals.

Few rock bands can sell out 10 shows, in one month, in the same city.

As Saudi Arabia, along with a growing list of other countries, cut diplomatic ties with Qatar on Monday, it called on its allies to cease all travel and transport with its neighbor.

US President Donald Trump's war of words with the Mayor of London continued Monday, with the two men trading barbs even as the city mourns the victims of Saturday's terror attack.

One man was killed and three police officers shot after a standoff at an apartment building in suburban Melbourne, Australia.

Vice President Mike Pence on Monday said now is the time for NATO to "stand united and stand strong" in the wake of the recent terror attack in London.

In the last 24 hours, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Egypt, Maldives and Yemen have all cut ties with Qatar. It has been expelled from the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. In addition, Emirates, Etihad and FlyDubai have announced the imminent cancellation of flights to Doha.

British police are expected to name the men behind Saturday night's terror attack in London, as authorities worked to establish whether they were part of a wider network.