Saudi-led strikes kill at least 54 Yemenis - Houthi-run agency:
Strikes by Saudi-led coalition aircraft killed at least 54 people in attacks across Yemen on Tuesday, including four children, the Houthi-run Sabanews.net news agency and residents said.
Saudi airstrike kills ten in Yemen's Sanaa:
A Saudi-led coalition airstrike killed ten people in a suburb in Yemen's capital Monday, Reuters reported. Residents and medical sources told Reuters the airstrike that targeted a government building killed seven from the same family in the Waalan area in southern Sanaa.
At least 38 killed in Syrian insurgent shelling of western Aleppo:
At least 38 people, including 14 children, were killed on Tuesday when Syrian insurgents shelled three government-held neighborhoods in western Aleppo, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Suicide attack in northeastern Syrian city kills 7:
A suicide car bomber struck in a predominantly Kurdish city in northeastern Syria on Tuesday, killing seven people, a day after twin car bombings in the same city killed at least 32, including 19 civilians.
Putin: ISIS has designs on Mecca, Medina, Jerusalem, endangers Europe & Russia:
The situation is very serious, Putin said, adding that Moscow is very worried that IS terrorists are publicly announcing their designs on Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem. The jihadists also plan to spread their activities to Europe, Russia, central and southeastern Asia.
Putin seeks consolidation of Assad and opposition efforts to combat terror in Syria:
"Obviously, it will be impossible to drive the terrorists out of this country and the region as a whole without the active involvement of the Syrian authorities and the military, without the Syrian army's involvement on this territory in the fight against Islamic State, as the military say," Putin said.
Russia calls on US for dialogue on Syria:
Kremlin spokesman says talks between Moscow and Washington on solving Syria crisis are indispensable, Reuters reports.
Assad: Europe Must Stop Supporting Terrorists to End Migrant Crisis:
"If you are worried about them, stop supporting terrorists. That's what we think regarding the crisis. This is the core of the whole issue of refugees," Assad said in an interview with Russian reporters
IS making 'significant progress' in Syria's Aleppo region: France:
In parliament, Jean-Yves Le Drian pointed to "the very significant progress of Daesh (IS) in Syria at this very moment," as he defended France's decision to conduct surveillance flights over Syria with a view to carrying out air strikes.
No friend of America, UK's Corbyn faces test over Syria airstrikes:
No fan of Britain's "special relationship" with the United States, the new left-wing leader of the country's main opposition party is against Prime Minister David Cameron's drive to join Washington's air strikes on Syria.
16 killed in clashes with IS militants in Iraq's Anbar:
A total of 16 people were killed and 28 others wounded on Tuesday in an airstrike and separate clashes with Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq's western province of Anbar, provincial security sources said.
Jewish Man Dies as Rocks Pelt His Car in West Bank: -
A Jewish man died early Monday morning after attackers pelted the road he was driving on with rocks as he was returning home from a dinner celebrating Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, the Israeli authorities said. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called an emergency meeting to discuss rock-throwing, mostly by Palestinian youths.
Clashes erupt in Silwan after Israeli settler attacks 8-year-old boy:
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center, located in Silwan, said 8-year-old Zaid Abu Qweidir was attacked by a group of Israeli settlers in the neighborhood. More than 20 Israeli settlers arrived on the scene, many of whom used pepper spray against Palestinians as young as five-years-old, the information center reported.
70 militants killed in fresh operations in Afghanistan:
Some 70 Taliban militants have been killed during military operations in different Afghan provinces, the Afghan Defense Ministry said on Tuesday morning.
5 civilians, 1 soldier killed in eastern Afghanistan's attack:
About five civilians and one army soldier were killed when militants attacked a vehicle in Afghanistan's eastern province of Ghazni on Tuesday morning, the provincial government spokesman said.
N Korea resumes normal operations at nuclear facility:
Analysts in Seoul said the rocket launch announcement suggests an imminent nuclear test. "A nuclear test without a long-range rocket test is not effective," said Lim Eul Chul, a North Korea expert at South Korea's Kyungnam University. "The vicious circle is being repeated."
U.S. set to back NATO invitation to Montenegro: White House:
Allowing NATO membership for the former communist nation could escalate tensions between Russia and the United States and other members of the Western alliance amid the ongoing crisis in Ukraine.
Migrant shipwreck off Turkey kills 22, police bar route to Greece:
Eleven women and four children were among the victims of the latest migrant shipwreck in the Aegean Sea, where three-year-old Syrian boy Aylan Kurdi drowned two weeks ago, the Dogan news agency said.
Hungary declares state of emergency over refugee influx:
Police arrest almost 10,000 people for illegally crossing border with Serbia, as tough new asylum laws come into force.
Hungarian police block main migrant crossing point from Serbia:
Dozens of police officers, backed by mounted police and soldiers, took up positions on a railway track used by migrants to cross the frontier into the European Union. A helicopter circled overhead.
Refugees start sit-down hunger strike on Hungary-Serbian border - reports:
"I will sit here until they open the border. I cannot go back to Syria. Life in Syria is finished," a Kurd from Syria, who called himself Bower, told Reuters.
Charlie Hebdo Causes Outrage with Drowned Toddler Cartoon:
The satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo sparked outrage Monday after its latest issue featured a cartoon mocking the drowning of drowned Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi.
Jeremy Corbyn's full speech to TUC: Video -
Newly elected Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn address the TUC; "The first thing I did on being elected was go and speak at a rally and say refugees are welcome here...they're human beings like you and me".
Yanis Varoufakis on Jeremy Corbyn and capitalism:
"Don't fear the media."
Guantánamo force-feeding videos released to US court in redacted form:
News outlets work to see eight tapes revealed to public as attorney for released detainee Abu Wa'el Dhiab calls depicted actions 'a national scandal'
Musk-have WiFi: Internet everywhere if Elon Musk's 4,000-satellite idea gets US greenlight :
Elon Musk's idea of launching 4,000 satellites around the world to bring internet to every corner of the planet has moved to the next phase: the genius inventor is securing government permission to begin testing the technology.
