US hits Islamic State in Syria

The United States and its Arab allies struck from the air inside Syria for the first time on Tuesday, killing dozens of Islamic State fighters and members of another group linked to al-Qaida.

How the US approved actions

A look at the domestic legal steps the United States has taken to authorize military action around the world:

Australian leader warns jihadists they face prison

Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott warned on Tuesday that Australians who fight with the Islamic State group in the Middle East will be "jailed for a very long time" when they return home under a proposed law that would make it an offense to simply visit terrorism hot spots abroad.

Cameron seeks Iran's help against IS

British Prime Minister David Cameron and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will meet within the next two days in New York, where Cameron is expected to ask for help in the fight against Islamic State.

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Berliners buy goods as nature intended at no-package shop

Clutching their preserve jars, Tupperware boxes and cloth shopping bags, Berliners can now buy their groceries pack-age-free in a "precycling" first for the environmentally switched-on city.

Indian, US spacecraft arrive at red planet on separate missions

NASA's MAVEN spacecraft began orbiting the red planet on Sunday, on a mission to study how climate changed over time from warm and wet to cold and dry.

World marches on climate change

Tens of thousands of activists walked through Manhattan, warning that climate change is destroying the Earth, in stride with demonstrators around the world urging policymakers to take quick action.

Philanthropies, investors plan $50b fossil fuel divestment

The Rockefellers, who made their vast fortune in oil, and other philanthropies and high-wealth individuals planned on Monday to announce pledges to divest a total of $50 billion from fossil fuel investments.

Australian govt to prohibit torture by secret service

The Australian government has bent to public pressure by proposing a law that would prohibit the torture of suspected terrorists by officers of the country's secret service.

UN body to address 'horrendous violence'

A brutal terrorist organization that calls itself a state but lacks recognition from any government will take center stage when more than 140 heads of state and government convene this week for the annual ministerial meeting of the UN General Assembly.

130,000 Kurds flee to Turkey

Turkey said on Monday that about 130,000 people have flooded across its border from Syria fleeing an advance by Islamic State jihadists on a strategic Kurdish border town.