Le Cong Vinh’s 50th goal for the national team secured a 2-1 win for Vietnam over hosts Myanmar in the ASEAN Football Federation’s Group B second match on November 20 in Yangon.

Stirring renditions of "La Marseillaise" rang out on November 14 from Dublin to New York as global landmarks were bathed in the French colours and thousands marched in solidarity with Paris after attacks that left at least 129 dead.

A Russian charter plane carrying 224 people crashed in a mountainous part of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on October 31, killing all on board, Egyptian officials said.

The UN Security Council has demanded humanitarian access to Syria’s Yamuk Palestinian refugee camp as residents described fleeing in terror after the arrival of jihadists of the Islamic State group.