Syrian government forces and their allies attacked the opposition-held sector of Aleppo on several fronts on September 27, the biggest ground assault yet in a massive new campaign that has destroyed a U.S.-backed ceasefire.

The United States will speed up deployment of the THAAD anti-missile system to the Republic of Korea given the pace of DPRK's missile tests, and it will be stationed there "as soon as possible," the top US diplomat for East Asia said on September 27.

Democrat Hillary Clinton went on the attack against Republican Donald Trump at the start of the first one-on-one US presidential debate on September 26, accusing him of pushing economic policy that favored the rich at the expense of the middle class.

The European Union launched a program on September 26 to issue monthly electronic cash grants to benefit a million refugees in Turkey, as part of a deal under which Ankara will curb the numbers trying to enter Europe.

US Secretary of State John Kerry defended his efforts to negotiate with Moscow over the war in Syria on September 26, despite the collapse of a ceasefire that has led to a massive Russian-backed assault on the besieged rebel-held sector of Aleppo.

The United States said on September 26 it had sanctioned a Chinese industrial machinery and equipment wholesaler, a new step in tightening the financial noose around the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s nuclear program after its fifth nuclear test this month.

Hungary's police were the target of a home-made shrapnel bomb that rocked central Budapest late on September 24, injuring two officers, the national police chief said on September 25.

The United States accused Russia of "barbarism" in Syria on September 25 as warplanes supporting Syrian government forces pounded Aleppo and Moscow said ending the civil war was almost "impossible".

A crowd of more than 100 chanted and marched outside an NFL game in Charlotte on September 25, after the release of two videos showing the fatal shooting of a black man by police officers failed to quell nearly a week of protests in North Carolina's largest city.

European countries on the route used by more than a million migrants to reach the continent last year agreed on September 24 to focus on the more easily achievable ways to prevent another influx than the big issues the EU is divided over, Austria said.