The US presidential election is in the spotlight today. According to left-leaning daily Libération, the final stretch could get ugly.

Sir Michael Fallon, the British Secretary of State for Defence, granted an interview to FRANCE 24 after attending the Paris meeting of the coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.

Asian stock futures pointed to a mixed open Tuesday after equities rallied overnight as the dollar hovered near a seven-month high.

Pope Francis used his weekly Angelus prayer to call on the faithful to pray for the people of Mosul, where an ongoing military operation is underway to take the city from Islamic State.

ISIL fighters have attacked government buildings, police stations and a power plant in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk.

Peshmerga fighters advance through the village of Bartella as combined forces advance on Mosul to oust Islamic State.

ISIL is under attack both in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, rebel fighters say they faced little resistance from ISIL when they reclaimed the northern town of Dabiq about 24 hours ago. ISIL is under attack in several areas in the region.

Iraqi security forces are preparing for a major offensive in northern Iraq to retake Mosul, the last ISIL-held city in the country.

Around 55 people are killed in three separate suspected Islamic State attacks in Iraq, as Iraqi forces get ready to launch their major offensive on the city of Mosul where the militants have their last remaining Iraqi stronghold.

ISIL has displaced tens of thousands of families across Syria and Iraq. Some of the people who fled the ISIL-controlled town of Hawija in northern Iraq told Al Jazeera of the risks they took to make it out.

As ISIL fighters retreat from villages and cities in northern Iraq, dozens of mass graves, thought to contain thousands of bodies have been discovered. Yazidi community leaders say the graves are evidence of genocide.