A new elite Taliban force is proving its strength in the strategic southern province of Helmand, pointing to the insurgents' ability to refine their battlefield techniques to match Afghanistan's increasingly professional national army.
A retired California firefighter who was stabbed in the right arm during Wednesday’s deadly stabbing attack in London said he tried to stop the assailant who managed to duck under his arms and continue his rampage.
Spanish authorities say that a forest fire started by a German man burning his soiled toilet paper continues to spread on La Palma in the Canary Islands.
Spanish police say they have arrested seven people for allegedly exchanging child pornography online after they discovered a cache of thousands of abusive images.
Turkey's state news agency says high-level government and military officials are meeting at a security summit held at the prime minister's residence in Ankara.
Activists say predominantly Kurdish fighters are now in control of most of a stronghold of the Islamic State group in northern Syria after a push under the cover of airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition.
A fast-moving fire swept through a birthday party in the basement of a bar in the northwest French city of Rouen, killing at least 13 people and injuring six others, authorities said Saturday.