US President Barack Obama voices concern to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin about reports that Syria has used chemical weapons.

The trial of a Canadian man accused of murdering and dismembering his lover and posting his body parts to political figures will begin next year.

A war correspondent for Italy's La Stampa newspaper has been missing for 20 days since crossing into Syria from Lebanon, the paper says.

A jury hears closing arguments in the trial of a Philadelphia doctor accused of killing babies born alive after abortions and an adult patient.

Extra medical staff arrive at Guantanamo Bay in an attempt to cope with a spreading hunger strike by prisoners at the US detention facility.

Mexican authorities investigate allegations that an official's daughter used her influence to close a restaurant, amid outrage on social media.

Bangladesh defends its decision to turn down foreign help in a rescue operation after the collapse of a building that killed at least 382 people.

The FBI removes evidence including DNA samples from the home where the widow of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev has been living.