President Barack Obama on Monday looked forward to the end of America's longest war, that in Afghanistan, as he marked the sacrifice of fallen U.S. warriors on Veterans Day.

Speaking at Arlington National Cemetery, Obama said U.S. troops would continue to return over the coming months, before the withdrawal of most NATO combat troops by the end of 2014.

The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog on Monday deferred the issue of a visit by inspectors to the Parchin military complex where Iran allegedly conducted research on atomic weapons.

"Parchin continues to be important and will be addressed on the subsequent steps under this framework," Yukiya Amano told reporters in Tehran of an initial agreement signed with Iran for a "roadmap for cooperation".

Talks on Iran's nuclear program aim at finding an interim agreement involving limited sanctions relief before any final settlement, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Monday.

Tehran and world powers failed to clinch a long-sought deal Sunday despite marathon talks in Geneva but kept hopes alive by agreeing to meet again in the Swiss city on November 20.

Six inmates have been stabbed to death in a weekend brawl between convicts at a prison in northeastern Mexico, the Tamaulipas state prosecutor's office said Monday.

Three suspects said a squabble between them and the victims had led to the fight late Sunday in the city of Reynosa, which borders the U.S. state of Texas, said an official in the prosecutor's office.

Former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo must remain behind bars in The Hague pending his possible trial for crimes against humanity, the International Criminal Court ruled on Monday.

"Despite the improved security situation in the Ivory Coast, detention is still necessary to ensure Mr Gbagbo's appearance before the court," the ICC said in a statement.

Thailand's senate late Monday unanimously rejected a contentious political amnesty bill, the deputy speaker said, as tens of thousands of anti-government protesters massed on Bangkok's streets.

"This house rejects this bill for consideration," Surachai Lengboonlertcha said, adding all of the 141 senators present voted against the legislation, which critics say was aimed at helping divisive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra return to Thailand from self-exile.

The Philippine fishing town where one of the strongest typhoons ever recorded made landfall has been turned into a terrifying wasteland where armed men threaten to kill fellow survivors for food.

Guiuan, known for its beautiful beaches and rich colonial history, was where Super Typhoon Haiyan roared in from the Pacific Ocean with winds of 315 kilometers (195 miles) an hour on Friday.

After years of stalemate, recent progress in nuclear talks with world powers owes much to a dramatic shift in Tehran from a policy of confrontation to one of constructive dialogue.

The progress in Geneva that saw negotiators draw closer to a long-elusive agreement than they have been in more than a decade came only five months after President Hassan Rouhani, a reputed moderate, took office after vowing a new approach.

Five people died late Sunday after a small aircraft crashed and burst into flames on approach to an airstrip in northern Canada, police said.

Two passengers, however, survived the crash -- a 29-year-old man and a 50-year-old woman, both from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

U.S. marines on Monday joined a frantic effort to rescue famished survivors of a typhoon that may have killed 10,000 people in the Philippines, as the government declared a national emergency and security forces struggled to contain looting.

Three days after Super Typhoon Haiyan flattened entire towns across the central Philippines and left countless bodies scattered across wastelands, desperation was building with devastated communities devoid of food, water and medicines.