A boat carrying almost 600 people capsized off Egypt's coast on September 21, killing at least 43, in the latest disaster among migrants trying to reach Europe.

At least 19 civilians were killed on September 21 when a Saudi-led coalition air strike hit a house in western Yemen, according to residents, medics and a local official.

US Secretary of State John Kerry demanded on September 21 that Russia and the Syrian government immediately halt flights over Syrian battle zones, in what he called a last chance to salvage a collapsing ceasefire and find a way "out of the carnage".

Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will stand trial on corruption charges, a crusading federal judge ruled on September 20, adding more turbulence to the country's political landscape.

A summit hosted by US President Barack Obama garnered pledges from dozens of countries to resettle or allow the lawful admission of some 360,000 refugees, doubling the number of slots that were available last year, the US envoy to the United Nations said.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) leader Kim Jong Un supervised a ground test of a new rocket engine to launch satellites, the DPRK's state media reported on September 20, the latest in a rapid succession of missile-related tests this year by the state.

Actress Angelina Jolie has filed for a divorce from actor Brad Pitt, her husband of two years and romantic partner since 2005, her attorney said on September 20, signaling the end of one of Hollywood's most glamorous and powerful couples.

Syrian or Russian aircraft struck an aid convoy near Aleppo on September 19 and killed 12 people, according to a war monitor, as the Syrian military declared a one-week truce brokered by the United States and Russia over.

Police on September 19 arrested an Afghanistan-born American who they suspect of detonating a bomb in the heart of New York City and planting other devices, capturing the 28-year-old in a dramatic gun battle that wounded him and two officers.

Foreign ministers for the United States, Japan and the Republic of Korea (RoK) met in New York on September 18, ahead of UN meetings, to discuss stepped-up measures against the DPRK and expand collaboration with one another after Pyongyang's fifth and largest nuclear test.