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A senior U.S. official says Iraqi forces backed by the U.S.-led coalition have retaken half the territory the Islamic State group once held in the country.

The Latest on developments in Syria, where a cease-fire brokered by the U.S. and Russia has come into effect (all times local): 5:00 p.m.

Court papers show former Nigerian first lady Patience Jonathan is claiming ownership of bank accounts allegedly worth $31.5 million that have been frozen in a corruption investigation.

An Afghan official says insurgents have killed five people, including a former warlord, in the northern Baghlan province.

Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu has left a South African hospital where he was treated for the last three weeks.

Doctors treating former Israeli President Shimon Peres for a stroke say his condition has slightly improved.

Police say the owner of an olive oil factory in central Greece and one of his workers have died after the employee fell in an empty oil storage container and the owner tried to rescue him.

Iranian state TV says a fire in a petrochemical factory has injured four workers.

Large-scale animal sacrifices marking the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha combined with heavy rains have turned the streets of Bangladesh's capital into rivers of blood.

A court in Bosnia has sentenced 17 members of an organized crime group to 101 years in jail combined for a series of murders and robberies worth over 5 million euro.

Niger's defense ministry says at least five soldiers and 30 Boko Haram militants have been killed after an ambush by the Nigeria-based Islamic extremists led to fighting.

The European Union is extending its investment plan for a further three years in order to boost growth and employment.

Swedish prosecutors say an Ecuadorian official will interrogate WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on their behalf next month in the South American country's embassy in London.

German drug and farm chemical company Bayer AG says it has signed a deal to acquire seed and weed-killer company Monsanto for $66 billion in cash.

The head of Sweden's armed forces says the country will station permanent troops on the strategic island of Gotland amid increasing tensions in the Baltic Sea region.

The office of South African President Jacob Zuma is countering opposition accusations that he is wasting millions of dollars on chartered jets at a time when the country's economy is struggling.

The French priest who cried “Satan, get out!” moments before an Islamic terrorist cut his throat appears to be on the road to sainthood, according to remarks made by Pope Francis on Wednesday.

The Czech Parliament's lower chamber has approved legislation that limits the business activities of future government ministers.

If space is the final frontier, it will help to have an accurate map, and the European Space Agency says its mission to chart more than 1 billion stars in the Milky Way is on track for completion in a year's time.

A French official says that counterterrorism police have arrested a teenager following two recent thwarted attacks on French soil.