Move part of efforts to strengthen pact, including on energy, trade, says US State Dept

Country has recorded 4.8 mil infections since April, 99.994% fully recovered, 204 patients under treatment, report says

Washington’s Anthony Blinken, Moscow’s Sergei Lavrov discuss prisoner exchange, annexation of Ukraine territory

Helicopters, boats, volunteers scour flood-hit areas for residents stranded on rooftops, clinging onto trees

Many have noted pontiff didn’t specifically mention, apologise for sexual abuse in Catholic Church-run schools

Two youngsters were tied up, soiled, starved, says military police

Decrying ‘unspeakably cruel punishment’, NGO says action is judicially-sanctioned torture, therefore crime under international law

Mohammed Khalifa, 39, was behind video production of US journalists James Foley, Steven Sotloff, decapitated in 2014, says Justice Dept

41-year-old Brazilian who died had serious immune system problems, local authorities say

Deliveries could start in ‘coming days’, says president following UN, Turkey-brokered deal

Rescuers find four bodies in rubble, as aftershocks continue to rock region

It wants crisis-stricken country to carry out ‘deep structural reforms’ before approving more aid

Hundreds have also been nabbed under Beijing-imposed security law