For now, Russia is done using an Iranian air base to launch airstrikes against targets in Syria, Russia's defense ministry and Iran's official state news agency reported Monday.
Spain, Portugal, Italy and other sunny European nations have seen a big boost in tourist numbers this year as nervous travelers avoid places targeted by terrorists.
Typhoon Mindulle is roaring over Tokyo after making landfall earlier Monday, one of two storms which have lashed Japan over the past two days, killing one person and injuring 11. A third typhoon is predicted for later this week.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has named ISIS as the "likely perpetrator" of an attack that killed 50 people at a wedding in the nation's southeast.
The talk of the town at Rio 2016 may have been Usain Bolt's quest for the "triple-triple" but Britain's Mo Farah made his own piece of history by sealing the "double-double" on Saturday.
Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to leave the United Nations in response to criticism of his approach to drug crime since taking office.