At least 14 people were killed and nine others missing after Typhoon Hagibis slammed into Japan, officials said Sunday, as rescuers scrambled to reach people trapped by catastrophic flooding. The storm's "unprecedented" heavy rain triggered deadly landslides and caused rivers to burst their...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Fighters from the Syrian National Army have "executed" nine civilians near the town of Tal Abyad in northeastern Syria, a monitor said Saturday. "The nine civilians were executed ... in the south of the town of Tal Abyad," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said....

Armed men stormed a mosque in the volatile north of Burkina Faso as worshippers were at prayer, killing 16 people and sending residents fleeing, security sources and locals said Saturday. The attack on the Grand Mosque in the town of Salmossi on Friday evening underscores the difficulties...

Writhing in pain on a hospital stretcher, Fatima al-Issa bit on a purple handkerchief as a medical team tended to wounds she suffered in Turkish bombardment of northeast Syria. They rubbed ointment into burns around her swollen left eye after the 45-year-old was hit by shrapnel from Turkish...