Obama signs executive order on paid sick leave
US President Barack Obama signed an executive order that will give employees working for federal contractors up to seven days of paid sick leave annually.
Ministers talk finance, seek to bolster climate pact
Ministers and diplomats from 57 countries gathered in Paris to discuss the make-or-break issue of finance in a climate rescue deal to be sealed in the French capital in December.
Putin says Assad agrees to early parliamentary polls
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was willing to hold early parliamentary elections and share power with the "healthy" opposition.
Britain 'to take thousands more Syrian refugees'
Britain promised to take in thousands more Syrian refugees and give 100 million pounds in extra aid, as their plight raised pressure on European leaders.
05 September 2015
Trump slams foreign policy 'gotcha' questions
Donald Trump lashed out at a radio reporter for asking him, as the Republican presidential frontrunner, "gotcha" questions about the men who lead Iranian special forces and major radical Islamic organizations.