President Barack Obama, a day after his nation opened a new offensive in Syria, told the United Nations that the world must act to "reject the cancer of violent extremism" and aggression such as Russia's in Ukraine.
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Fighters from the Islamic State (IS) organisation pray at the spot where the jihadist group said a US drone crashed into a communications tower in the Syrian city of Raqqa early on Sept. 23, 2014.
