Mexico - A massive fire that burned for more than 24 hours aboard a fuel tanker ship loaded with thousands of barrels of oil on board was put out without having caused spills, a Mexican state-owned oil company said.

Kanpala - Wearing pristine white with her woollen socks pulled high, Ugandan traffic police officer Edith Nanteza exudes natural authority at the roadblock, barely lifting a hand as she waves motorists over.This is no routine exercise.

Philadelphia - It was a big week for several NFL teams, including Philadelphia and Minnesota and both took advantage of their hot start with convincing wins against good opposition.

Paris - French tax authorities have asked Switzerland to hand over client information for some 45,000 bank accounts as part of a probe into alleged tax fraud, Le Parisien daily said Monday.

Washington - The lengthy US presidential campaign is careening towards a 90-minute Monday showdown, with Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump squaring off in their first televised debate as they sit nearly neck and neck in the polls.

Apango - They turned classrooms at their children's college into dormitories, sleeping on the floor, but parents of 43 Mexican students missing since 2014 won't rest until they find them.

New York - Republican candidate Donald Trump pledged to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's "undivided" capital if he is elected president, meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who Hillary Clinton also met that evening.

After an outstanding opening week, the top teams in college football have taken it easy for the most part, but that's about to change with some big games on tap in week 5, all of which will have ramifications on the NCAA Football playoffs.

Cartagena - Here are key points of the peace deal that will be signed Monday to end five decades of conflict between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the government.

Cartagena - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and the leader of the FARC rebels, Timoleon "Timochenko" Jimenez, are due to sign a historic peace deal Monday to end a five-decade war.

V - Four men were injured, one critically, in the centre of Sweden's southern city of Malmo, in what police said appeared to be a targeted attack by gunmen riding scooters.

Boise - It was a good week for the top college football teams in the nation as just one program inside the top-10 lost. Michigan State suffered their first defeat at the hands of unbeaten Wisconsin, but that will change with several big games in week 5.

Seattle - Despite the demise of USC, the PAC 12 is doing just fine with four teams undefeated after four weeks of action and two schools knocking on the door of the NCAA Football playoffs.

Baton Rouge - It figured once the SEC teams starting playing each other, things would get interesting, but college football experts didn't see only three programs in the conference being unbeaten through 4 weeks of play.

Country star Kelsea Ballerini has been on fire this year, and she deserves to win the 2016 Country Music Association (CMA) award for "Female Vocalist of the Year."

Columbus - It was another great weekend of football in the Big Ten Conference with Wisconsin making another statement as they went on the road and defeated Michigan State.

Experts are now warning that the African elephant could go extinct within the next 25 years unless something is done to put a stop to illegal poaching and its illicit ivory trade.

It is not Christmas each year, until the iconic southern rock group, Marshall Tucker Band, performs at B.B. King Blues Club in New York.

Mexico - A human rights group is urging the nearly one million US citizens who live in Mexico to vote in hopes of keeping Republican Donald Trump out of the White House, organizers said Sunday.

Country singer Cole Swindell has scored his latest Top 10 country single with "Middle of a Memory," which was released on Warner Music Nashville.