AFGHANISTAN

As temperatures drop, Sweden has said it is running out of room to shelter refugees and is telling people to consider going back to Denmark.

Militants killed seven members of the Hazara ethnic minority at the weekend and dumped their partially beheaded bodies.

“The U.S. is taking a positive step by acknowledging civilian harm and offering monetary payments to those suffering losses.”

Ministers from NATO countries are due to meet in early December to decide on the future of Resolute Support.

Islamic State militants have joined Afghan Taliban insurgents in a splinter group led by Mullah Mohammad Rasool. The group is battling forces loyal to Mullah Akhtar Mansoor.

The so-called Crackas With Attitude allegedly obtained personal data about 3,000 government employees, most apparently in the field of law enforcement.

The $129.6 million deal, which is considered a small defense contract by U.S. standards, will still need to be authorized by Congress.

Leaders of Berlin's governing coalition agreed on a new strategy to deal with the refugee influx -- something that the country, along with the rest of Europe, is struggling to handle.

Migrants and refugees have been arriving in record numbers, testing the country's capacity to deal with them, officials say.

“I’m a defense hawk," said the Republican congressman from Wisconsin, who recently succeeded John Boehner of Ohio as House speaker.

The Russian Defense Ministry has said there is no evidence linking Russian airstrikes to recent attacks on hospitals in Syria.

The Pentagon has admitted it spent millions on a gas station that should have cost only $500,000.

Mullah Mohammad Rasool, who served as governor of the southern Nimruz province during the Taliban regime, has been appointed as the leader of a Taliban faction.

Kerry was in Samarkand to meet his five Central Asian counterparts and reassure them of continued U.S. engagement in the strategic region.

The two held talks in the ancient Uzbek city of Samarkand Sunday

The refugee crises stemming from these wars are expected to have added to the 60 million displaced persons in the world.

An estimated 1,700 Russian-born fighters have joined ISIS or other rebel groups in the region since the Syrian war began.

Russia, which began airstrikes in Syria on Sept. 30, maintains that it has been targeting only ISIS militants.

The Australian company that helps run refugee camps on two Pacific islands is in talks for a 5-year, $1.9 billion contract.

Reaching survivors in remote areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan will likely be severely difficult, especially where snow has begun to fall, officials said.

Refugee athletes in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games will compete under the Olympic flag.