BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces on Sunday launched an assault to retake the northern city of Tal Afar from the Islamic State group, after ousting the jihadists from Mosul last month, reports AFP. Tal Afar lies around 70 kilometres (45 miles) west of second city Mosul, which Iraqi forces recaptured in early July…

HELSINKI: Finland observed a minute of silence on Sunday for the victims of a stabbing attack in the city of Turku that left two people dead and eight…

WASHINGTON: Researchers announced Saturday they discovered wreckage of the lost warship the USS Indianapolis, 72 years after the World War II cruiser…

TEHRAN: Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said Sunday the top foreign policy priority for his new government was to protect the nuclear deal from being…

SEOUL: North Korea warned Sunday that the United States will be "pouring gasoline on fire" by conducting an annual war game in the South next week amid heightened tensions between Pyongyang and Washington, reports AFP. Combative rhetoric between the nations spiked after Pyongyang tested two…

MOSCOW: Russia said Sunday that a stabbing which injured seven people and was claimed by the Islamic State group is being probed by top investigators in Moscow, as new details emerged, reports AFP. IS claimed responsibility for the attack in the remote city of Surgut along with the attacks in Spain…

Multan: Pakistani police say bandits have abducted seven policemen from a forested area of southern Punjab, reports AP. They say the gang wants several of its members who are behind bars to be freed. Senior police officer Atiq Tahir says the police were returning by boat to the town of Rojhan, in Rajanpur…