Iraq, US Look Into Scores of Civilian Deaths in Mosul

The U.N. human rights chief is calling on Iraq's military and a U.S.-led coalition to review their tactics in the battle against the Islamic State group in Mosul, warning that they should not fall into what he called the militants' "trap" of endangering civilians. "The conduct of airstrikes on ISIL locations in such an environment, particularly given the clear indications that ISIL is using large numbers of civilians as human shields at such locations, may...

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