Under ISIS, city was rife with abductions, executions, crime Minorities were killed, music banned, ancient sites destroyed Now residents say city is at its most peaceful in 20 years Mosul has new ...

MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — A ferry overloaded with people celebrating the Kurdish new year and Mother’s Day capsized in the Tigris River near the Iraqi city of Mosul on Thursday, killing at least 83 people, ...

GENEVA – Displacement in Iraq may be about to worsen dramatically with the focus of military action turning towards retaking Mosul, the country’s second largest city, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, ...

Video of a ferry disaster in Mosul, Iraq, makes this clear - most of the close to 100 people who drowned were women and children. Here's NPR's Jane Arraf. JANE ARRAF, BYLINE: In the security camera ...

Two historic churches in Mosul, Iraq, have officially reopened after years of restoration, nearly a decade after their destruction during the Islamic State's occupation. The reconsecration ceremonies ...

A lion named Simba and a bear named Lula are the zoo's only surviving animals. — -- It took two rescue attempts and nearly two weeks to successfully evacuate the last two surviving animals from a ...