Russia thwarts IS attack plot in Moscow

MOSCOW - Russia's FSB security service said it had captured a gang planning major attacks on Moscow transport networks and shopping centers, directed by members of the Islamic State group from Syria.

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UN environment event encourages children to speak up, get involved

A 10-year-old boy in a business suit stepped on the stage to display his research results.

What they say

Delegates at the second United Nations China Youth Environmental Forum shared their insights on the significance of environmental protection and inspiring the young generation to protect the environment, Chen Meiling reports.

Clashes reveal US racial divide

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia - Violent clashes that resulted in the death of a woman disrupted a typically quiet weekend in Charlottesville, a historic college town in the US state of Virginia, as a racially divided society was once again put under the spotlight.

Cholera count reaches 500,000 mark in Yemen

GENEVA - More than half a million people in Yemen have been infected with cholera since the epidemic began four months ago and 1,975 people have died, the World Health Organization said on Monday.

Battles between extremists, rebels kill 25 in Philippines

MANILA - The fighting on the island of Mindanao in the southern Philippines between government-backed separatist rebels and pro-Islamic State militants has killed at least 25 people, the army said on Monday, as the military continues to battle to restore order.

Court to award damages for jihadist Timbuktu destruction

THE HAGUE - War crimes judges will on Thursday hand down a landmark ruling on reparations for the razing of Timbuktu's fabled shrines, but the victims' fund which is to implement the order warned it will not be easy.

Tokyo zoo releases video footage of 'fluffy' baby panda

TOKYO - A two-month-old panda, the first cub born at Tokyo's Ueno zoo for five years, is growing well and has become "fluffy", the zoo said on Monday as it released fresh video footage of the baby animal.

Floods kill 175 across South Asia

KATHMANDU - Monsoon floods and landslides have killed at least 175 people across Nepal, India and Bangladesh, officials said on Monday. But they fear that figure could rise sharply as rescuers search for dozens believed lost under mud and in submerged villages.

Wildfires rage in southern Europe

ATHENS - Hot and dry weather has stoked another round of wildfires burning across southern Europe as firefighters in Greece, Portugal and the French island of Corsica struggled to corral the flames.

'Comfort women' statues take their seats for bus project

SEOUL - Five buses in the South Korean capital have started carrying "comfort women" statues to remind people of the trauma suffered by women and girls who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese before and during World War II.