The al-Nusra Front, al-Qaida's Syrian offshoot, has threatened reprisals against nations participating in airstrikes against the Islamic State group, denouncing them as "a war against Islam".
Moscow called for the resetting of relations with Washington on Sunday, saying the situation in Ukraine that led to sanctions against Russia was improving thanks to Russian peace initiatives.
World leaders gathered on Saturday for the annual ministerial meeting of the UN General Assembly to address the state of their countries and the world. Here are highlights of some of the speakers:
Two police officers were shot at and one was wounded late on Saturday near the flashpoint city of Ferguson, Missouri, where the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager triggered race riots and national outrage.
US President Barack Obama said the widespread mistrust of law enforcement that was exposed by the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man in Ferguson, Missouri, is corroding America, not just its black communities, and that the wariness flows from significant racial disparities in the administration of justice.
A news agency in Iran reported that the Islamic republic has built a new surface-to-surface cruise missile capable of being launched from an airplane.
Stiletto heels, brighter colors more common in DPRK capital
Wildfires are nothing new in California. But in the third year of a historic drought, the tinder-dry western US state is battling a near-record numbers of blazes.
Venezuela's famed models and aspiring beauty queens are struggling to doll themselves up as shortages turn eye shadow and breast implants into coveted luxuries.
Innovative Stone Age tools might have been developed by people in Eurasia and - contrary to widely held views - not just invented in Africa, a study published Thursday found.
In the wood-paneled rooms of Vienna's traditional coffee houses, tobacco-lovers can still light up pretty much as they please. But one of the last smokers' havens in Europe may soon have to kick the habit.
Diplomats say proposals would allow both sides to claim victory
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