Russian air strikes hit militant command centres in Syria - agencies
MIDEAST-CRISIS-SYRIA/RUSSIA (URGENT):Russian air strikes hit militant command centres in Syria - agencies
Islamic State closes in on Syrian city of Aleppo; U.S. abandons rebel training effort
Russia's intervention on the side of President Bashar al-Assad has dramatically changed Syria's civil war
Refugee arrivals surge in Greece with bad weather ahead - IOM
Refugee arrivals on Greece's islands now 7,000 a day, probably because of fears the weather will soon worsen
Women and girls crucial in fight against Islamic State ideology, experts say
"My son was radicalised in three months only, and when I understood what happened, it was too late" - Saliha Ben Ali
U.N. council authorises mission against human trafficking off Libya
EU naval operations authorised to seize and dispose of vessels operated by human traffickers in the high seas off Libya
Yazidi women and girls held by Islamic State forgotten, say campaigners
Some 5,800 Yazidi children and women have been captured by Islamic State
Tunisian mediator group wins Nobel Peace Prize for aiding move to democracy
Formed in summer of 2013, it helped support democratisation process in Tunisia when it was in danger of collapsing
Turkey concerned about new Syrian migrant wave as Russia strikes
Mass influx of refugees, many from Syria, has unleashed crisis in the European Union
EU gets tough on expelling migrants, talks to neighbours
"We can only offer space and support to refugees in need of protection" - German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere
No place left to die on Greece's Lesbos for refugees lost at sea
Lesbos cemetery runs out of space in pauper's section as migrant drownings in Aegean Sea on the rise