Climate change and conflict, a perfect storm
As more than 150 world leaders prepared to meet under heightened security, analysts warned of an increasingly war-torn future facing humanity if they fail to limit global warming
Russia carries out first air strikes in Syria: US
A US official said the strike was near the city of Homs in what is Moscow's first engagement in a distant theatre of war since the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan
Syrian minister says U.S-led strikes going in "right direction"
A Syrian government minister said U.S.-led air strikes against militants are going in the "right direction" because the government had been informed before they started
Syrian forces responsible for Banias massacres: U.N. report
The report documented eight mass killings in all, attributing all but one to government forces, but said both government and rebel fighters had committed war crimes including murder, hostage-taking and shelling of civilians in their battle for territory