N.Korean fishing boat capsizes off Japan

The Japan Coast Guard says it has been notified that a North Korean fishing boat capsized in Japan's exclusive economic zone in the Sea of Japan.
Abe: 6.5 million dollars for disaster relief

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says the government will set aside about 6-and-a-half m

Shooting in southern Mexico leaves 15 dead
Reuters news agency quotes public security authorities in Mexico as saying 15 people are dead in a shooting in the southern state of Guerrero.
Taliban attacks on election kill 28 civilians
A UN special report released on Tuesday says the Taliban's attacks targeting Afghanistan's presidential election last month killed 28 civilians and wounded more than 200 on polling day.
Attempts to split China risk 'smashed' bodies: Xi
President Xi Jinping has warned that any attempts to split China would result in "bodies smashed and bones ground to powder", amid four months of anti-Beijing unrest in Hong Kong.
Ecuador govt, protesters agree deal to end deadly unrest
Ecuador's president and indigenous leaders reached an agreement Sunday to end nearly two weeks of violent protests against austerity measures put in place to obtain a multi-billion-dollar loan from the IMF.
Kurds announce deal with Damascus as Turkey pushes deep into Syria
Syria's Kurds have announced a groundbreaking deal with Damascus on a Syrian troop deployment near the border with Turkey, as Ankara presses a deadly cross-border offensive that has sparked an international outcry.