US fighters join Kurds against IS

President Obama says he will send as many as 250 more troops to the Syrian war zone

'Congo rumba king' dies after stage collapse

Papa Wemba, one of Africa's greatest music stars, died on Sunday after collapsing on stage during a festival in Cote d'Ivoire.

Obama defends EU free trade deal

Polls show only 15% of US citizens favor transatlantic agreement with European Union

Refugees seek new routes into Balkans after borders sealed

After weeks stranded at a closed border in northern Greece, migrants and refugees are seeking out new, irregular routes to get into Macedonia, clambering through forests and over hills under the cover of darkness.

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Obama casts doubt on post-EU deal

President says UK would not get preferential treatment over bloc in negotiating new pact

Rural community rattled by killings

Residents of the rural southern Ohio community of Piketon are rattled by a rare major crime that took the lives of eight members of a tight-knit family known in the area as hard workers.

Govt revokes passport of tycoon who owes $1b

India on Sunday revoked the passport of a flamboyant Indian businessman accused of fleeing to London in March while owing more than a $1 billion to Indian banks.

Pyongyang says it fired ballistic missile from submarine

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea announced on Sunday that it had successfully launched a ballistic missile from a submarine, the official Korean Central News Agency reported.

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Banks offer passport to integration

Demand for accounts is huge given number of refugees flooding into Germany

No place like home, even in Chernobyl

Some people found life away from home so unbearable they decided to return, even when home was the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster.