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Among the Iraqi forces preparing for the key battle to retake the Islamic State-held city of Mosul are Sunni tribal militias, drawn from the local villages and motivated by the desire to claw back home ground lost to the militants over two years ago.

A German doctors' association is expressing skepticism at reported government plans to loosen patient confidentiality obligations in an effort to tighten security laws following recent attacks.

German police say they've arrested a second person in connection with the detention last week of a Syrian asylum-seeker who was suspected of planning to carry out an attack.

Turkey's state-run news agency says Kurdish rebels have attacked soldiers near the border with Iraq, killing four of them.

Police in Norway say the body of a man recovered from a Norwegian waterfall has been formally identified as missing Utah attorney Kent Richard Hart.

A top Ukrainian prosecutor says a judge has been caught taking a $150,000 bribe and that he stashed his money in a humble glass jar, a phot of which went viral on social media.

Britain's top court says its judges are unable to agree on the case of a transgender woman who was denied a female pension because she refused to divorce her wife.

Zambia, often praised for its democracy and healthy economy, now faces a presidential election with high tensions on both fronts.

The presidents of Romania and Moldova are paying their last respects to Anne of Romania at a 19th-century royal castle amid criticism about the grand royal funeral.

Egypt's flagship state newspaper is quoting the country's parliament speaker as saying that illegal currency dealers should be executed.

Saudi Arabia says its air force has intercepted two ballistic missiles fired from Yemen into the kingdom.

The U.S. and five European allies have expressed concerns about growing tensions near the Libyan oil terminal of al-Zueitina and are calling for rival factions to avoid damaging the country's energy infrastructure.

A fire ripped through a maternity ward at a Baghdad hospital overnight, killing 11 newborn babies, an Iraqi spokesman said Wednesday, a deadly blaze that was likely caused by faulty electrical wiring.

German prosecutors say they've carried out searches linked to three suspected supporters of the Islamic State group.

Searchers have found a wrecked car that may hold the final victim of two deadly earthquakes that hit southern Japan nearly four months ago.

Afghan troops are being deployed to the capital of the key southern province of Helmand amid intense fighting with the Taliban in surrounding areas and fears the city could fall to the insurgents within days, officials said Wednesday.

Human Rights Watch says Congo has refused to renew a senior researcher's work permit, requiring her to leave amid tensions over November elections.

Turkey's foreign minister says Turkish foreign ministry, military and intelligence officials will travel to Russia for discussions on finding a solution to the Syria conflict.

Authorities in Portugal's Madeira Islands say three elderly people have died in their burned homes as a wildfire spread into the capital, Funchal.

Authorities in Bangladesh's capital have arrested six suspected members of a banned Islamist group blamed for recent deadly attacks, including one last month that killed 20 people.