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The Latest on the offensive by Iraqi forces and their allies to recapture the city of Mosul from the Islamic State group (all times local): 12:15 p.m.

South African President Jacob Zuma has traveled to neighboring Zimbabwe following the release of a state watchdog report indicating possible South African government corruption linked to him and some associates.

Twin baby pandas born in August at the Vienna zoo finally have names.

The last residents of Calais' sprawling migrant camp are being evacuated — up to 400 women and children being transferred to family centers around France so the government can shut the camp for good.

NATO says two U.S. service members have been killed and two others have been wounded fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan's Kunduz province.

Turkey's Interior Ministry has dismissed 1,218 military personnel from the gendarmerie as part of the investigation into the movement allegedly behind the failed coup in July.

Credit Suisse reported a 19-fold drop in third-quarter profit compared to a year ago, with net revenues down 10 percent as the Swiss bank cited "challenging" market conditions and paid out deferred compensation.

South Korea's president can be investigated in a snowballing influence-peddling scandal involving her longtime friend, the prime minister-designate said Thursday.

Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir have ordered hundreds of schools to close after days of deadly shelling in areas near the militarized frontier with Pakistan.

Egypt has devalued its currency by 48 percent, meeting a key demand set by the International Monetary Fund in exchange for a $13 billion loan over three years to overhaul the country's ailing economy.

An ISIS leader released a message encouraging forces in the fight for Mosul, which they are defending against Iraqi forces, according to a U.S. organization that monitors militant activity online said Thursday.

The Latest on South Korea's political scandal (all times local): __ 4 p.m.

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi (ahng sahn soo chee) says her government is dealing with the situation in Rakhine under the principle of rule of law.

Indonesian police on Thursday arrested two crewmen of the overcrowded speedboat that capsized the day before as rescuers continued searching for the dozens of passengers still missing.

Indonesian police are planning a massive show of force in the capital Jakarta on Friday to contain a much-hyped protest by Muslim hardliners against the city's popular governor that threatens to ignite religious and racial flashpoints.

Political newcomer Yair Lapid believes he has finally found a formula that will allow him to do something that has eluded Israeli politicians for nearly a decade: defeat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an election.

Vietnamese police have arrested a blogger on charges of posting anti-state comments in the communist country's latest crackdown on dissent.

A U.S. organization that monitors militant activity online says the leader of the Islamic State group has released a new message encouraging his followers to keep up the fight for the IS-held city of Mosul in Iraq.

Lissette died under the care of the Chilean state, suffocating in her own vomit while a caretaker allegedly sat on her back while trying to contain the 11-year-old during what was described as "a crisis of aggressiveness." Her mother had sent her to a government shelter hoping authorities could protect her as she became increasingly violent and difficult to handle.

Thailand's top court has dismissed a criminal defamation case against British labor activist Andy Hall brought by a local fruit canning company and the attorney general.