Same-sex marriage may be law in Australia by early December
If the legislation passes as expected, Australia will become the 26th nation to legalise same-sex marriage
Canada will not send peacekeepers to Mali in near future -officials
"The Canadian government will have to work hard to overcome the credibility it has lost"
Abducted Swiss aid worker freed in Sudan's Darfur
Margaret Schenkel was kidnapped on Oct. 7 in El Fasher, a hub for relief workers and U.N./African Union peacekeepers
Transgender woman sues Massachusetts for housing her in men's prison
The suit, which advocates believe is the first of its kind filed in the state, asks the prisons system to transfer the woman to a women's prison
Suicide bombers kill 10 in Nigeria's Maiduguri-emergency official
Maiduguri is the capital of Borno state and the city worst hit by a jihadist insurgency
Russia, Syria armies step up attacks on Damascus enclave-rebels
At least eight civilians killed and about 94 wounded in the last 20 hours alone
Line outage disrupts power in populous Puerto Rico region
Puerto Rico has struggled to recover from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Maria
Sweden says Congo not helping investigation into murder of U.N. monitor
The Swedish Prosecution Authority launched said it had received no response to a request for information from Congolese authorities
Migrant-smuggling gang caught in Bulgaria
Eight people were charged with smuggling offences
U.N. Security Council approves extra troops for C.African Republic
Thousands have died and a fifth of Central Africans have fled a conflict that broke out in 2013