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Russian leader slaps sanctions on Turkey

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday called for sanctions against Turkey, following the downing last week by Turkey of a Russian warplane.

US has to 'do something', Obama says

Expressing what has become regularly repeated frustration on the issue, US President Barack Obama said on Saturday that the United States needs to "do something" to make it harder for criminals and psychologically people to get guns after a shooting in Colorado killed three people and injured nine.

ROK, DPRK agree to further talks

The Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea agreed to hold talks at the vice-minister level next month, after a meeting on Thursday aimed at further easing tensions following the end to an armed standoff in August.

IS affiliate claims responsibility for attack on mosque

An Islamic State group affiliate in Bangladesh said on Friday it was behind an attack on a Shiite mosque in the country's north that killed one man and wounded three others.

Opposition dismisses allegations of plotting attacks

Allegations by Thailand's prime minister that members of the opposition planned to attack senior officials are baseless and designed to deflect attention from a corruption probe, one of the main opposition groups said on Friday.

Turkish PM seeks unity against IS

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu sought to ease tensions with Moscow on Friday over Tuesday's downing of a Russian warplane on the Syrian border, calling for unity against the Islamic State group.

NY parade takes place under tight security

US residents paused on Thursday to celebrate their blessings on Thanksgiving despite terrorism fears and racial tensions over fatal police shootings across the country. A record number of police officers patrolled the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, while St. Louis resumed its annual parade, canceled last year amid protests over the fatal police shooting of an unarmed young black man.

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Malian special forces have arrested two men over last week's attack on a luxury hotel in the capital that killed 19 people, according to a statement distributed Friday morning.

Polar tourists watch icy world melt

They go to paddle between glistening icebergs or ski on blinding white ice, but a rising number of polar tourists get to see something else, too: the monumental changes wrought by global warming.

Decades after cull, wolves return to Warsaw-area park

Wolves have returned to a large national park on the northern outskirts of Warsaw, decades after they were wiped out in the area under a hunt launched by authorities.

Cat video helps revive tourism in Brussels

Belgium's tourist boards have latched on to the social media craze of cats, which gave Brussels light relief during a tense five-day security lockdown in the wake of militant attacks in Paris.