With Iraqi Troops on Mosul's Southern Front

Government offensive against Islamic State. Also: Mexico's bargaining chips with US; Furore over film about the love life of Russia's last Tsar

(Photo: Iraqi security forces in the village of al-Buseif, south of Mosul, during offensive to retake the western side of the city from so-called Islamic State fighters. Credit: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images)