France's Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Tuesday a deal with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to reach a political transition was impossible, but said Paris would back regional ground troops if they were to intervene against Islamic State militants.
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin on Tuesday denied a stay of execution for a convicted murderer despite a plea to put off Wednesday's scheduled lethal injection from those who say the state may be putting to death an innocent man.
U.S. Senate Democrats on Tuesday, for the second time in a week, blocked legislation meant to kill an Iran nuclear deal negotiated by the Obama administration and other world powers with Tehran.
A former wireless retail executive was sentenced to five months in prison Tuesday for selling confidential industry information to an analyst whose subsequent 2013 report on sales of BlackBerry Ltd's newest smartphone sent the company's stock price down.
