Lewis Walker

US-led air strikes destroyed 116 fuel trucks operated by so-called Islamic State (IS) in eastern Syria on one day, US defence officials say.
BBC News – Middle East

Nicaragua sends back more than 1,000 Cuban migrants to Costa Rica, triggering a diplomatic spat between the two Central American nations.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

France is committed to “destroying” the so-called Islamic State group after Friday’s deadly attacks, President Francois Hollande says.
BBC News – Europe

Security will be “intensified” at events in major cities and at UK borders in the wake of Friday’s terror attacks in Paris, Home Secretary Theresa May says.
BBC News – UK

Several US states put on hold programmes to resettle Syrian refugees, after one of the Paris attackers is linked to migrants entering Europe.
BBC News – US & Canada

A South African court rules two five-year-olds who were swapped at birth will stay with the families raising them.
BBC News – Africa

MEMPHIS – In the NBA, spending any time lingering over a previous game can put a team in a bind for its next one.
Oklahoma City Thunder

The Oakland A’s became an after-thought during the course of 2015, falling from their contending status of the three previous seasons into a last-place finish for only the second time in 17 years. Don’t, however, […]

The line of Oklahomans curled around the building, streaming into the entrance of the Salvation Army.
Oklahoma City Thunder

A’s ace Sonny Gray is one of three finalists for the Baseball Writers’ Association of America’s American League Cy Young Award.
OAK Homepage News

The government sells £13bn of former Northern Rock mortgages that taxpayers acquired during the financial crisis.
BBC News – Business

Kurdish forces have “liberated” the strategic northern Iraqi town of Sinjar, held by IS militants since last year, Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani says.
BBC News – Middle East

Two nephews of Venezuela’s First Lady, Celia Flores, are charged with drugs trafficking in a court in New York just weeks before legislative elections.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

One of the seven Paris attackers is identified and his relatives are among six people arrested as the French police investigation picks up pace.
BBC News – Europe

Home Secretary Theresa May will chair a Cobra meeting later to discuss the government’s response to the attacks in Paris.
BBC News – UK

The Democratic presidential hopefuls clash at a debate in Iowa over how to deal with Islamic State, in the wake of deadly terror attacks in Paris.
BBC News – US & Canada

A US air strike has probably killed Abu Nabil, the “senior leader” of the Islamic State group in Libya, the Pentagon says.
BBC News – Africa

There was an adjustment made, but once the Thunder got rolling on Friday night, it looked like its normal self.
Oklahoma City Thunder

Few pitchers in the Minor Leagues can succeed primarily with their fastball like Sean Manaea can. His heater was in fine form Friday night and he rode it to one of the top pitching performances in the Arizona Fall […]

A record oil stockpile of three billion barrels will not be cleared until well into next year, the International Energy Agency said.
BBC News – Business