A US air strike has destroyed more than 238 fuel trucks controlled by Islamic State (IS) militants in north-east Syria, the US military has said.

US boy who was arrested for taking a homemade clock to class is seeking $15m from his city and school.

At least 16 people are wounded in an apparent shooting at a park in New Orleans, police say.

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Despite ISIS's claims of ruling over an Islamic "caliphate" in line with Sharia law, a large number of the group's fighters joined for reasons having little to do with religion, according to a defector from the group.

Police in Honduras have arrested five Syrians who were travelling on stolen Greek passports and reportedly intended to enter the US by land.

Air strikes by France and other nations on the Islamic State (IS) stronghold of Raqqa in Syria since Sunday have killed at least 33 militants, activists say.

US surgeons say they have carried out the world's most extensive face transplant to date, including the entire scalp, ears and eyelids.

More than a dozen US states say Syrian refugees are no longer welcome due to security fears after the Paris attacks.

Islamic State in a video threatens to attack Washington warning that the countries taking part in air strikes against Syria would suffer same fate as France.

Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona underwent a gastric bypass in the western Venezuelan city of Maracaibo over the weekend and is recovering well, doctors said on Sunday.

US forces have carried out an air strike targeting the Islamic State group militant "Jihadi John", the Pentagon has said.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Kamal says US’ fear of fresh attacks on foreigners residing in Bangladesh is “baseless” asserting that there is nothing to panic.

Foreigners may be attacked again in Bangladesh, the US State Department said in a travel alert on Tuesday that urged Americans to be cautious and vigilant in that country.

Bangladesh expects to restore the generalised system of preferences (GSP) status during the upcoming Ticfa meeting, Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed says.

The White House launches a Facebook page for US President Barack Obama and used the social media platform to send a message on climate change.

Two US military personnel are reported to have been killed in a gun attack at a police training centre outside Jordan's capital, Amman.

Two marshals in the US state of Louisiana are to be charged with murder after the fatal shooting of a six-year-old boy.

Intelligence suggests the Russian plane that crashed in Egypt killing all 224 people on board may have been brought down by a bomb, US and UK officials say.

Chinese state media have welcomed the news China is reforming its decades-old one-child policy, with one editorial saying it "echoes the people's will".