UNITED STATES

The U.N. official's visit to Syria came as the Islamic State group released a video showing two supposedly gay men being thrown off a roof to their deaths.

Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder was one of many to mourn on social media the death of civil-rights icon Julian Bond, who died Saturday night.

The decision follows criticism from some German officials of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's military crackdown against Kurdish militants.

With the two countries now putting aside their Cold War-era rivalry and restoring diplomatic relations, many old bilateral conflicts are being pulled out of storage for negotiation.

Julian Bond, who held elected office in Georgia for two decades, was chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People between 1998 and 2010.

The U.S. surgeon general says he has no regrets about branding gun violence a public-health issue, despite the fierce political backlash it unleashed.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Sunday approved the decision of an investigative council to refer military commanders to a court martial for abandoning their positions in the battle against Islamic State militants in Ramadi.

Tributes for Pakistan's late former military spy chief Lieutenant General Hamid Gul poured in on Sunday, words bound to infuriate Pakistan's neighbors after he spent a career promoting Islamic militancy in Afghanistan and India.

Police thought initially there were 20 people in the group.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden appears at odds with the FBI's stance on the suspect who fatally shot five military personnel in Chattanooga, Tennessee, last month.

Hamid Gul, the former head of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence, was on a family vacation when he was taken ill.

Officials in the Dominican Republic have grown concerned by a long-running influx of people from neighboring Haiti.

The Islamic State group regularly executes men accused of being gay in this manner.

"I find it somewhat curious that Jeb Bush is doubling down on - defending - his brother's actions in Iraq," she said at a press conference.

North Korea has historically viewed the annual Ulchi-Freedom Guardian military exercises by South Korea and the U.S. as preparations for war.

President Barack Obama and Bill Clinton will be later joined by Hillary Clinton at an evening celebration marking the birthday of civil rights activist and American businessman Vernon Jordan.

At least 24 people were killed Saturday in a spate of bombings.

An automation problem at an air traffic control center in Virginia was reportedly to blame for more than 440 flights that were delayed or canceled Saturday.

Opposition to the agreement on Iran's nuclear program has been strong since it was announced, with many saying they feared the country would not adhere to its terms.

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For months, Iran had been stalling an IAEA investigation into the possible military aspects of its past nuclear activities.