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Man posts cold-blooded killing on Facebook Police are hunting an "armed and dangerous" man who appears to have shot dead a stranger in the street and uploaded it to Facebook. The suspect, Steve Stephens, is on the run and has claimed to have committed more than a dozen other killings, according to police in Cleveland, Ohio. The video shows a man pulling over in a car as he says "find me somebody to kill, gonna kill this guy right here. He's an old dude". He gets out and asks the man: "Do me a favour: can you say Joy Lane?" "Joy Lane?" he asks. "Yeah," says the killer. "She's the reason this is about to happen to you." He then asks him how old he is. Stephens told Mr Godwin: 'She's the reason this is about to happen to you' The man goes silent for a few seconds, before saying " Look, I don't know anybody by that name" - as he tries to shield himself wi...

  From the section Asia These are external links and will open in a new window Share Media caption The US and China are working on a "range of options" on North Korea, the US top security adviser has said, as tensions mount over the country's nuclear and missile programmes. Lt Gen HR McMaster told ABC News there was consensus with China that this was a situation that "could not continue". The comments come after a failed missile test launch by North Korea and a massive military parade. President Trump had earlier said China was "working with us" on the issue. Beijing, Pyongyang's biggest ally, has come under pressure from Washington to exert more pressure on its neighbour. Sunday's comments appear to be the first confirmation that both countries are working together on how to deal with the North Korean issue. Gen McMaster, who was in the Afghan capital, Kabul, said the latest launch ...

  Middle East EPA Wednesday's suspected chemical attack claimed 89 lives The search for a unified approach to the Syria conflict after last week's suspected chemical attack looks set to dominate talks between the G7 group of leading nations in Italy on Monday. Foreign ministers will focus on how to pressure Russia to distance itself from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Allies will also be seeking clarity from the US on its Syria policy, after some apparently mixed messages. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson strongly criticised Russia on Sunday. He said it had failed to prevent Syria from carrying out a chemical attack on the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun last Wednesday which left 89 people dead. But he also clarified there had been "no change to our military posture" in Syria following a retaliatory US strike against a Syrian airbase, and that Washington's "first priority" in Syria was to defeat the Islamic State terror group. ...

  Middle East EPA Wednesday's suspected chemical attack claimed 89 lives The search for a unified approach to the Syria conflict after last week's suspected chemical attack looks set to dominate talks between the G7 group of leading nations in Italy on Monday. Foreign ministers will focus on how to pressure Russia to distance itself from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Allies will also be seeking clarity from the US on its Syria policy, after some apparently mixed messages. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson strongly criticised Russia on Sunday. He said it had failed to prevent Syria from carrying out a chemical attack on the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun last Wednesday which left 89 people dead. But he also clarified there had been "no change to our military posture" in Syria following a retaliatory US strike against a Syrian airbase, and that Washington's "first priority" in Syria was to defeat the Islamic State terror group. ...

The US ambassador to the UN has said America is "prepared to do more" militarily in Syria but hopes it will not be necessary. Speaking at a bad-tempered emergency  UN Security Council meeting , Nikki Haley said Syrian President Bashar al Assad felt he could get away with using chemical weapons against his own people "because he knew Russia would have his back". "That changed last night," she said, referring to US cruise missile strikes on a Syrian government airbase in retaliation for a poison gas attack allegedly by Assad's regime which killed 80 people, including children. Image: Nikki Haley raised the prospect of potentially more military action British Ambassador Matthew Rycroft told the chamber that President Assad had shown the world he is "capable of redefining horror". He called the US strike a "proportionate response to unspeakable acts". Video: What are the military options for Syria? In an u...