Thousands in Berlin protest plan for trans-Atlantic trade agreement

At least 150,000 people marched in Berlin on Saturday to protest a planned free trade deal between Europe and the United States that they say is anti-democratic and will lower standards for food safety, labor and the environment.

US to make 'condolence payments' to Kunduz victims

The Pentagon has announced that it will provide compensation for those killed and injured by US airstrikes on a Doctors Without Borders hospital in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz.

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US official: 4 Russian missiles flopped in Iran

Four Russian cruise missiles aimed at targets in Syria crashed in Iran, a US official said on Thursday, as Syrian troops pressed a "vast offensive" against rebels in the war-torn country's west.

New tally in hajj disaster shows at least 1,399 killed

The crush of stampeding people during the hajj pilgrimage last month outside of Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca killed at least 1,399 people, a new tally released on Thursday showed - 630 more than the kingdom's official toll.

4 Arabs stabbed by 'mentally ill man'

An Israeli man stabbed four Arabs on Friday morning, police said, as spiking tensions in Jerusalem and the West Bank threatened to spread throughout Israel.

Stolen pickup trucks 'being sent to IS'

The Toyota Hilux compact pickup truck has been the most commonly stolen vehicle in the past two years in Sydney, and authorities said they were being shipped in containers to Turkey and then into Syria to be used by extremists, media reported on Friday.

Hero who thwarted French train attack injured in brawl

US airman Spencer Stone, celebrated as a hero for helping to stop a terror attack on a French train over the summer, was stabbed and seriously wounded outside a bar in his hometown early on Thursday in what police said was an alcohol-related brawl.

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Officials say one person is dead and three others are wounded following an early morning shooting at Northern Arizona University.

Children of 'Red Duchess', widow spar over estate

Spain's "Red Duchess" capped off an unconventional life by marrying a much younger woman just hours before her death in 2008 - and making out her will to her new spouse.

Govts to step up expulsions of migrants

European Union governments agreed on Thursday to step up deportations of illegal immigrants and discussed creating an EU border force, among other measures, to cope with hundreds of thousands fleeing Syria or other countries.

Heat wave poses threat to coral reefs

Corals reefs are suffering a severe underwater heat wave this year for the third time on record, including a mysterious warm patch in the Pacific known as "The Blob", scientists said on Thursday.