"The battle for Mosul has not started yet. (The operations) are the extension of our support for the coalition," Jean-Yves Le Drian said.

City council representatives dwelled upon the importance of the international recognition of the Armenian Genocide.

A monitoring group that tracks Syria's civil war said a year of Russian airstrikes have killed 9,364 people in the war-torn country.

In his address minutes before the pope spoke, President Margvelashvili said there was a political desire for all people to live in dignity.

In the long term, these types of additions to Google search bolster the company's core advertising business.

Ukraine and Azerbaijan are considering to establish a joint production of anti-tank missile systems and guided missiles at Azeri companies.

A French family holding rights to photographs of Pablo Picasso's artwork won a major victory against an American art editor.

The paintings, discovered without their frames, are in "relatively good condition," the Van Gogh Museum said in a statement.

"All member states greenlight early EU ratification of Paris agreement. What some believed impossible is now real," Tusk said.

The Renault-Nissan CEO said Iran could have demand for 2 million cars in 2020, making it a market with "undeniable potential."