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The two leaders will meet in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.

While Syria is the key talking point at this year’s gathering of world leaders at the United Nations in New York, efforts to resolve the conflict in Ukraine continue.

“This was one of the reasons why we were witnessing more and more refugees moving onwards because it was impossible to sustain their lives in their first countries of asylum”, added Guterres, a former Portuguese Prime Minister who is soon exiting the role after nearly...

The House Homeland Security Committee says the USA is failing to stop most people trying to go overseas to join terrorist groups, including the Islamic State.

“We must not forget that the roots of today’s wars, destruction, and terror can be found in the occupation, invasion and military intervention of yesterday”, Rouhani said in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Monday.

In an interview with CBS television, Mr Putin said the Syrian president’s troops were “the only legitimate conventional army there”.

Former President Bill Clinton, left, listens as Petro Poroshenko, the President of Ukraine, speaks at the Clinton Global Initiative, Sunday, September 27, 2015 in New York.

Washington has demanded that Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad step down, but Putin’s rival alliance with Shiite-led states will instead shore up the beleaguered government in Damascus.

Iraq says the cooperation is a result of “increased Russian concern about the presence of thousands of terrorists from Russia undertaking criminal acts with the Islamic State”.

Finland was the only European Union state to abstain from this week’s vote about relocating asylum seekers across the member countries. At the same time, the chancellor emphasized that European standards for accommodation, care and asylum processing must be respected.

“It’s good I’ve got my second meeting with Rouhani”.

As world leaders convene in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton told NBC News’ Chuck Todd she would pursue a fight against ISIS while at the same time working to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad.

The crisis is expected to be high on the agenda as world leaders gather at the United Nations in New York, and Putin is expected to hold rare talks with US President Barack Obama to discuss the issue later on Monday.

“Barring either regime victory over the insurgency, which is unlikely, or a USA policy shift toward political transition away from Assad – which would bring regional allies and insurgents on board against ISIS – I don’t see any prospect of defeating...

But Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn, who chaired the meeting, said he had “no doubt” opposing countries would implement the measures.