AFGHANISTAN

Goverment-backed soldiers say they are close to taking the entire city from Islamic State group fighters.

Ahead of the G20 meeting in Turkey, Germany's leader defended the policy as criticism mounted from members of her own party.

A new report shows the far-reaching effect of war on children and highlights the hidden cost of conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

OPEC Secretary-General Abdalla El Badri said the expectation "is that the market will return to more balance in 2016,” Bloomberg reported.

The barrier on its border with Croatia was being constructed hours before European Union leaders were to hold yet another refugee-crisis summit in Malta Wednesday.

Demonstrators demanded justice for the killings of seven civilians -- from the minority Shiite Hazara ethnic community -- by ISIS.

The U.K. Foreign Office has recommended Brits not travel to these 18 countries.

It’s not yet clear how much support the group has, though it appears unlikely the group could turn back more than 20 years of oppression against women

As temperatures drop, Sweden has said it is running out of room to shelter refugees and is telling people to consider going back to Denmark.

Militants killed seven members of the Hazara ethnic minority at the weekend and dumped their partially beheaded bodies.

“The U.S. is taking a positive step by acknowledging civilian harm and offering monetary payments to those suffering losses.”

Ministers from NATO countries are due to meet in early December to decide on the future of Resolute Support.

Islamic State militants have joined Afghan Taliban insurgents in a splinter group led by Mullah Mohammad Rasool. The group is battling forces loyal to Mullah Akhtar Mansoor.

The so-called Crackas With Attitude allegedly obtained personal data about 3,000 government employees, most apparently in the field of law enforcement.

The $129.6 million deal, which is considered a small defense contract by U.S. standards, will still need to be authorized by Congress.

Leaders of Berlin's governing coalition agreed on a new strategy to deal with the refugee influx -- something that the country, along with the rest of Europe, is struggling to handle.

Migrants and refugees have been arriving in record numbers, testing the country's capacity to deal with them, officials say.

“I’m a defense hawk," said the Republican congressman from Wisconsin, who recently succeeded John Boehner of Ohio as House speaker.

The Russian Defense Ministry has said there is no evidence linking Russian airstrikes to recent attacks on hospitals in Syria.

The Pentagon has admitted it spent millions on a gas station that should have cost only $500,000.

Mullah Mohammad Rasool, who served as governor of the southern Nimruz province during the Taliban regime, has been appointed as the leader of a Taliban faction.