Afghanistan: Taliban seizes half of city of Kunduz in surprise attack
Hundreds of Islamist fighters storm government buildings in northern city.
Migrant crisis: Plea to defend France's 'white race' non-Muslim majority lands former minister in hot water
Centre-right MEP Nadine Morano said France should preserve its Judeo-Christian majority
UN 70th General Assembly live: Watch Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping speeches online
World diplomacy takes central stage in New York as global leaders take part in United Nations general debate.
Isis in Syria: Russian President Vladimir Putin calls for regional coordination to fight terrorists
Russian President mocks US strategy and says backing Assad is the only viable option to solve crisis.
Pope Francis to release pop-rock album: Listen to lead single Wake Up! Go! Go! Forward! here
We've got the chance to listen to Wake Up! Go! Go! Forward!, first track of Vatican approved rock-pop LP.
John Boehner resigns: US House of Representatives speaker to quit Congress
Powerful Republican from Ohio walks out amid rift with hard-line conservatives.
Migrant crisis: Finnish nationalists in KKK uniforms attack refugees with stones and fireworks
Finnish government condemns violent protests against asylum-seekers in Lahti.
Singapore haze: Schools shut as pollution from Indonesian fires peaks
Singapore's foreign minister K Shanmugam criticises "shocking statements" from Jakarta on pollution.
Migrant crisis: Hungarian PM Viktor Orban proposes EU border force to patrol Greek frontier
Right-wing leader attacks German 'moral imperialism' ahead of EU emergency summit in Brussels.
Migrant crisis: Who is EU refugees quota rebel Slovakian PM Robert Fico
Leftist leader Robert Fico has vowed to defy the European Union by refusing to take in refugees.
Migrant crisis: EU relocation scheme sets country quotas as Slovakia leads revolt
Slovakia PM Robert Fico vows to refuse the 802 refugees his country is required to take in under EU plan.
Migrant crisis: EU approves quota system despite resistance of several countries
EU ministers vote to redistribute 120,000 refugees from Italy, Hungary and Greece to rest of the union.
Yongki: Outrage at killing of 'friendly' endangered Sumatran elephant
Tame elephant used for patrols at Bukit Barisan Selatan national park in Indonesia found dead.
Migrant crisis: Norway steps up border controls as EU ministers meet in Brussels
German train operator Deutsche Bahn suspends Budapest to Munich line over refugee influx.
Isis: German police raid Berlin mosque in anti-terror investigation
Police search Tempelhof-Schöneberg mosque offices in investigation into Islamic State recruiting cell.
Italian olive growers take on EU against 'useless' measures to tackle killer bacteria
Oil producers in Apulia say EU plan to fight Xylella fastidiosa outbreak is counterproductive.
Czech Republic: Explosion at Sellier & Bellot ammunition plant leaves at least one dead
BREAKING: Firefighters respond to gunpowder blast in town of Vlasim, 60km south east of Prague.
Migrant crisis: Hungary takes out an advert to scare off refugees amid fresh drownings
PM Orban's government places ad in Lebanese daily An-Nahar to warn migrants of tough new anti-immigration laws.
Haddad 1: Ship loaded with Turkish weapons for Islamists in Libya in suspected 'oil for guns' deal
EXCLUSIVE: Greek coastguard continues probe into illicit cargo intercepted off Crete directed to city of Misrata.
Ukraine bans ex Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi for 3 years to protect 'national security interests'
Poroshenko designates Berlusconi as persona non grata and takes Western journalists off sanction lists.
Ukraine: BBC boss slams 'shameful' ban on international journalists
President Petro Poroshenko signs sanction list over Russia's involvement in Crimea and eastern Ukraine.
Migrant crisis: Hungary deploys tear gas and water cannons on refugees at Viktor Orban's fence
Hungarian court sentences first migrant for illegal crossing under new laws backed by right-wing government.
Migrant crisis: Are Isis terrorists infiltrating refugee boats to Europe?
IBTimes UK investigates claims that Islamic terrorists are mingling with the thousands of Syrian refugees clamouring to enter Europe.
Migrant crisis: Hungary declares state of emergency, prepares to deploy army against refugees
Moves are part of right-wing PM Viktor Orban's crackdown on refugees crossing the border with Serbia.
EU migrant crisis: 22 die as boat sinks between Turkey and Greece
Turkish coastguard rescues 211 people who left port of Datca on wooden boat bound for Kos.
North Korea threatens US with nuclear weapon attack after uranium enrichment plant restart
Pyongyang says Yongbyon nuclear complex has been renewed and is now fully operational.
Fifa corruption scandal: Fresh arrests expected in US probe
Attorney General Loretta Lynch said investigation into world football governing body has expanded.
Bangkok bombing mastermind Abudureheman Abudusataer 'fled to Turkey'
Thai police say new evidence suggests Chinese national flew to Istanbul via Abu Dhabi.
Migrant crisis: Border checks and military action on EU table amid thousands of new arrivals
Austria to deploy army at Hungarian border as EU interior ministers meet in Brussels for talks on refugee influx.
Egyptian army kills 12 tourists: Mexico demands investigation into accidental shootings
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto condemns shooting incident that killed 12 in Sahara desert.
