US election: Trump campaign acknowledges Obama was born in US
The Trump campaign has acknowledged in a statement that President Obama was born in the US.
The Republican candidate had been a leader of the "birther" movement that questioned Hawaii-born Mr Obama's citizenship.
But his campaign now accuses his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton of introducing the "smear" during the 2008 Democratic nomination contest.
There is no evidence to link Mrs Clinton to the birthers.
In reaction she tweeted that President Obama's successor "cannot and will not be the man who led the racist birther movement".
Chinese actor Xu Ting dies after choosing traditional medicine over chemotherapy
Xu said cost of chemotherapy and fears about side effects meant she would treat her cancer with Chinese therapies instead
Confronting photos of the bruised and swollen body of the Chinese actor Xu Ting widely circulated after her death have been used to highlight the dangers of using traditional Chinese therapies over conventional medicine for treating cancer.
In July Xu, 25, announced on the Chinese social media website Weibo she had lymphoma, a cancer of the lymphatic system that best responds to chemotherapy as a first-line treatment.
However, Xu said the high cost of chemotherapy in China and her fears about side effects and pain meant she had decided to treat her cancer with a mix of Chinese therapies instead.
Pakistani mother-of-three hanged from tree in 'honour killing'
Father, husband and brother confess to the murder
A mother-of-three and a man were tortured and hanged from a tree in a so-called honour killing after they were accused of having an affair.
Khalida Bibi and her alleged boyfriend, 21-year-old Mohammad Mukhtar, were murdered in a family courtyard in the village of Mian Channu, in eastern Punjab province.
Pakistani police have arrested Ms Bibi's father, husband and brother, who confessed to killing her and Mr Mukhtar for having an affair, police official Allah Ditta told the Associated Press.
As Turkey seeks Fethullah Gulen's extradition, how will the US respond?
Following July's failed coup in Istanbul, Turkey was quick to lay the blame on US-based cleric and opposition figure Fethullah Gulen and demanded his extradition. But how will Washington respond to this request from a key regional ally?
Since the July 15th coup, in which rogue members of the military bombed parliament and seized control of parts of major cities, the Turkish government led by president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has repeatedly accused Gulen of being the mastermind behind the failed attempt to seize power and piled pressure on the US to extradite him, suggesting close ties between the country could be at stake if it does not cooperate.
Earlier this week Turkey officially filed an official extradition request with Washington, according to media reports.
Why Japan is failing its women
@sophia_yanJapan's much publicized push to boost the role of women in its workforce is falling short.
The country's stagnating economy is hindered by a shrinking workforce -- the result of a rapidly aging population and a slowing birth rate. Meanwhile, millions of highly educated women aren't working.
Getting more of them into jobs could lead to a dramatic change in economic fortune for Japan, experts say. But progress has been painfully slow since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe first pledged in 2013 to enable more women to work, a watershed moment for a traditionally male-dominated society.
Syria's war: UN appeals for passage of Aleppo aid
Officials rue ineffectiveness of all sides in using ceasefire to allow life-saving supplies to reach Aleppo residents.
The UN has called on the Syrian government to "immediately" allow life-saving aid into eastern Aleppo, where about 300,000 people are living under siege.
Speaking in Geneva, Switzerland, on Thursday, Staffan de Mistura, the UN special envoy, said there were 20 aid lorries ready to cross the border from Turkey into Syria, and make it to Aleppo city where a cessation of hostilities was holding "by and large".
"The Syrian government promised permits for UN aid convoys before the ceasefire ... they have not been received," de Mistura said. "This is something that is required to happen immediately."
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