Lawyers for the suspect in last year's U.S. movie theater massacre on Monday changed their client's plea to "not guilty by reason of insanity."
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday called for greater efforts to end the protracted conflict in Syria, stressing that "there is no more urgent international task than this."
A joint United Nations agency report on Monday warned that without a major funding push, some 2.4 billion people -- one-third of the world's population -- will remain without access to improved sanitation in 2015.
Russia is expecting more young Chinese to study in its universities, said a Russian education official in Beijing on Tuesday.
The two-day finance ministers and central bank governors meeting of the Group of Seven (G7) closed at the Hartwell House in Aylesbury of Buckinghamshire, southern England, on Saturday with no substantial agreements announced.
Iran's presidential hopeful Ali- Akbar Velayati vowed on Saturday to protect the country's " achievements" in nuclear program.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday congratulated the people and government of Pakistan on the successful conduct of the general elections, calling it "a significant step forward for democracy in the country."
Two U.S. astronauts conducted an emergency spacewalk Saturday to inspect and replace a device believed to be the source of an ammonia leak in the orbiting laboratory's power system, U.S. space agency NASA said.
An Egyptian court quashed Sunday the sentence of a 7-year prison term and a large fine for a business tycoon over money laundering charges and ordered his retrial, official news agency MENA reported.
France has confirmed a second case of the infection of SARS-like coronavirus, the Health Ministry announced on Sunday.
Russia will do everything it could to prevent the outbreak of possible new wars, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Thursday announced the appointment of Atefeh Riazi of the United States as the new chief information technology officer for the United Nations.
U.S. Congress on Thursday held its first hearing on the Boston Marathon bombing, with witnesses calling for more resources for local law enforcement to combat homegrown terrorism.
Rio de Janeiro mayor Eduardo Paes has vowed to punish those responsible for structural defects in the showpiece venue for the 2016 Olympic Games.
People from across Europe commemorated on Wednesday, in one way or another, the 68th Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) that marks the end of the Second World War (WWII) in Europe.
The death toll of the Italian ship's accident in the northern Genoa port rose to seven late on Wednesday while more were injured or missing.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday he was satisfied with the level of cooperation between Russia and the United States.
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