Pope Francis has prayed for victims of violent protests in the west African nation of Gabon, calling attention to what he described as a "grave political crisis" in the former French colony.
South Africa says protection efforts in its biggest wildlife park have reduced rhino poaching there, though warns that poaching syndicates may be moving operations to parks elsewhere in the country.
Iran says it welcomes a U.S.-Russian agreement on a cease-fire for Syria, where it has been a key ally of President Bashar Assad during the five-year war.
Saudi Arabia has launched a Farsi-language satellite television channel broadcasting the hajj as Iranians abstain from the pilgrimage amid a dispute between the two regional rivals.
The Indian army says it has killed four militants in a gunbattle near the Kashmir border separating Pakistan from India's portion of the Himalayan region.
Before dawn on Sunday, Muslim pilgrims from around the world began ascending a hill just outside Mecca where the Prophet Muhammad delivered his final sermon some 1,400 years ago.
What if they put tiny cameras on players to get more dramatic TV shots? What if serves that dribbled over the net were fair game? What if servers were on a 20-second clock to start points? And how about scrapping the pre-match warmup so matches actually start on time? These are among the possible tweaks to tennis that the U.S. Open's innovation chief says are being seriously discussed, in some cases actually being experimented with, as the game's leaders brainstorm ways to — someday — make play at the highest pro levels faster and more television-friendly.
Presidential rivals Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are expected to put their campaigns on pause as they join others in commemorating the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks Trump and Clinton are set to attend the official commemoration Sunday in New York at the World Trade Center site.