U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday challenged the Iranian leaders to take "immediate and meaningful steps" now to reduce tensions over its controversial nuclear program, one day prior to his departure for a visit to the Middle East.
Britain's three major political parties reached a deal on a new system of press regulation on Monday.
The Eurogroup made an unprecedented decision at the end of a marathon bargaining in the early hours of Saturday, imposing a so-called bail-in, or haircut, on Cyprus, meaning all depositors have to pay a one-off tax. This was fixed at 6.75 percent for deposits up to 100,000 euros and at 9.9 percent for deposits above that amount.
United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan inaugurated on Sunday the largest solar plant of the world in Abu Dhabi.
U.S. President Barack Obama is set to start a three-day visit to Israel, the Palestinian West Bank and Jordan on Tuesday night.
At least 15 people were killed and 30 others wounded in a series of car bombings and shootings in central Baghdad on Thursday, an interior ministry source told Xinhua.
Argentinian Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 77, the archbishop of Buenos Aires, was elected the new pope on Wednesday on the second day of secrete ballots in the cardinals' conclave held in Vatican City.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday praised late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as "one of those leaders who made a difference in his country, the region and the world."
Libyan health minister said Tuesday that the number of people poisoned by drinking contaminated alcohol in Tripoli has increased to 709, with 60 dead, within hours.
The islanders of Malvinas, known as the Falklands in Britain, on Monday voted overwhelmingly in a referendum to keep the disputed territory under British rule.
The Obama administration on Monday slapped fresh sanctions on a primary foreign exchange bank and four individuals in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea for their alleged role in the Asian country's nuclear and missile programs.
Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) announced on Saturday after a special meeting of its Board of Directors that the presidential elections will be held on April 14.
The UN chief and some countries have voiced support for the latest UN resolution condemning the Feb. 12 nuclear test conducted by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Kenyans are anxiously waiting for the results of the general elections, with growing fear of violence, as the release of votes tally was delayed by an information communication technology's breakdown which hit data transmission system of the election.
CeBIT, the world's leading exhibition in the communication and information technology industry, opened Monday evening in Hanover, Germany.
A baby born with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, appears to have been cured, according to findings presented Monday at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Atlanta.
Iran and world powers have agreed to meet again over its disputed nuclear program after two days of negotiations in Kazakhstan that Tehran praised as "more realistic."
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