AUSTRALIA-MISSING PLANE — Australian authorities say new analysis confirms they've likely been searching in the right place for a missing Malaysian airliner. .

MALAYSIA-SECURITY LAW — Human Rights Watch has slammed a proposed new security law by Malaysia's government that will give sweeping powers to a council led by the prime minister, warning it is a step toward a dictatorship. 

NEW ZELAND-CHRIS BROWN — Chris Brown cancels plans for a Down Under tour after Australian authorities earlier warned the troubled R&B singer they were likely to refuse him a visa because of his criminal conviction for assaulting pop star Rihanna. 

CALIFORNIA SHOOTINGS — At least two heavily armed attackers opened fire on a banquet at a social services center for the disabled Wednesday, killing 14 people and seriously wounding more than a dozen others in a precision assault that looked "as if they were on a mission," authorities said. By Amanda Lee Myers and Justin Pritchard.

ISLAMIC STATE — British lawmakers vote by a wide margin to join the international campaign of airstrikes against the Islamic State militant group in Syria, after Prime Minister David Cameron asserts that bombing the "medieval monsters" in their heartland will make Britain safer. By Jill Lawless and Danica Kirka. SENT: 1,200 words, video, photos. With ISLAMIC STATE-RUSSIAN KILLED — Islamic State group releases video purporting to show beheading of Russian spy. 

SYRIA-NEW ALLIANCE — Drawing on thousands of fighters from Syria's mix of religious and ethnic groups, a U.S.-backed alliance called the Democratic Forces of Syria is emerging as the most effective fighting force against the Islamic State group in Syria. But the dominant role of Kurdish fighters in the alliance is worrying for Sunni Arab factions and their backers. 

RUSSIA-TURKEY — Russia's top military brass accuses Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his family of personally profiting from oil trade with Islamic State militants, sharply raising the stakes in Moscow's spat with Ankara. 

CLIMATE COUNTDOWN — Attempts to inscribe a long-term goal to phase out carbon emissions in an envisioned global climate pact are facing pushback at U.N. talks from big developing countries including India and Brazil.

BRAZIL-IMPEACHMENT — Impeachment proceedings are opened against Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff by the speaker of the lower house of Congress, a sworn enemy of the beleaguered leader.