CNS News | Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that relations between his country and the United States were “at a pretty low level,” and he blamed the U.S. for the deterioration.

RT | US warplanes hit Taliban positions near the city of Kunduz, captured the day before by Taliban forces.

Michael Krieger | Nothing screams out human rights like bombing women and children at a wedding party.

Washington Free Beacon | U.S. defense officials have confirmed that military equipment issued by the United States to Syrian rebel fighters has been funneled to an al Qaeda offshoot.

London Guardian | Liquid water runs down canyons and crater walls over the summer months on Mars.

Banks had “possibly concluded illegal competition defying deals” in the trade of the precious metals gold, silver, platinum and palladium.

Croatia has been accusing Serbia of sending thousands of migrants to its border.

Independence sentiment grew during Spain’s near economic meltdown during the financial crisis.

Police would be able to fire relatively small-caliber rounds from Ruger rifles at people hurling stones, firebombs or fireworks.

London Telegraph | University of East Anglia student union officials orders Tex-Mex restaurant to stop handing out free sombreros to students.

Zero Hedge | Last Thursday, we asked if China was set to join Russia and Iran in support of the Assad regime in Syria.

London Telegraph | Mark Prendeville, who has served in Iraq and Afghanistan, was moved out of sight of other patients by staff at a Kent hospital.

RT | France has carried out its first airstrikes on Islamic State positions in Syria, the Élysées Palace said in a statement.

Sputnik | They are – not in total, but in part – a creation of Western interventions in the region.”