In battle for Iraq’s Mosul, many forces with many motives
By SUSANNAH GEORGE and LEE KEATH An unlikely array of forces is converging on the city of Mosul, lining up for a battle on the historic plains of northern Iraq…
Humanitarian crises
Kerry backs Iraqi leader, no planned increase in US troops
By BRADLEY KLAPPER and SUSANNAH GEORGE U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry backed Iraq’s prime minister on Friday in his efforts to resolve a mounting political crisis, underlining the importance…
Thousands stranded as Greece becomes a migrant ‘warehouse
By ELENA BECATOROS Greece is fast becoming the “warehouse of human beings” that its government has vowed not to allow. Hastily setup camps for refugees and other migrants are full.…
UN health chief: Zika virus is ‘spreading explosively’
By JAMEY KEATEN and MARIA CHENG Declaring that the Zika virus is “spreading explosively,” chief of the World Health Organization announced that it will hold an emergency meeting of independent…
Wave of EU-bound migrants crosses into Serbia
By DUSAN STOJANOVIC In a new human wave surging through the Balkans, thousands of exhausted migrants from the Middle East, Asia and Africa crossed on foot Monday from Macedonia into…
UN resumes food aid for Syrian refugees
By JOHN HEILPRIN After a social media campaign brought in a significant cash infusion, the U.N. food agency said Tuesday it has reinstated a food aid program that helps feed…
IRAQ PRESIDENT NAMES DEPUTY SPEAKER NEW PM
By SAMEER N. YACOUB and VIVIAN SALAMA Iraqis chant pro-government slogans and display placards bearing a picture of embattled Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki during a demonstration in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday,…
MANY SOUTH SUDANESE REMAIN IN CAMPS DESPITE TRUCE
By ILYA GRIDNEFF In this photo taken Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, displaced South Sudanese women queue for water at the United Nations base where they have sought shelter in Malakal,…