A Chinese college student detained in northern Iraq was freed by local police on Monday, according to Chinese embassy in the country.
UN electoral observers in Burundi said last week's presidential election in which President Pierre Nkurunziza won a disputed third term was relatively peaceful, but "the overall environment was not conducive for an inclusive, free and credible election process," said a UN spokesman at Monday's daily briefing.
South Korean Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn on Tuesday declared the de-facto end of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome outbreak as all MERS suspects were freed from quarantine amid no reports of new contagion cases for more than three weeks.
The terror group Islamic State (IS) is a bigger security threat to the U.S. than the al-Qaida after the head of an al-Qaida affiliate group was killed, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) chief was quoted as saying Thursday.
Five years into the Greek financial crisis, a third bailout and a much-awaited discussion on debt restructuring are on their way.
"Good morning, American pilots. We are here to greet you on your Fourth of July Independence Day" - - this was the awe-inspiring message delivered by Russian nuclear bomber pilots to U.S. fighter pilots sent to intercept them off the U.S. Pacific coast earlier the month, the U.S. military was quoted as saying Thursday.
The players voted for James Harden as the NBA Players' Choice MVP on the first annual NBA Player's Association "Players' Awards".
Hundreds of Portuguese protested Wednesday outside parliament in capital Lisbon against the government's policies.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said on Wednesday the deceased suspect of shootings at Chattanooga military facilities in Tennessee last week acted on his own, but the agency could not determine at this point whether he was radicalized.
The Nigerian government on Tuesday said it had put in place plan to create 1.2 million jobs for youths through Information technology (ICT) and Internet services.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) erected a taller launch pad for long-range rocket at a rocket base near the west coast, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported Wednesday citing a government official.
Three years to the day that James Holmes ripped hundreds of bullets into a movie theater crowd, maiming dozens and killing 12, his defense team unveiled its plan to keep the mass murderer alive.
U.S. Department of Defense on Tuesday said that Muhsin al-Fadhli, a longtime al-Qaida operative and the leader of the Khorasan Group, was killed in U.S. airstrike in northern Syria on July 8.
Singaporean teenager blogger Amos Yee, who was sentenced to four weeks in jail for posting an obscene image online and uploading video with offensive remarks to hurt the religious feelings of Christians, has filed an appeal against both his conviction and sentence, Channel NewsAsia reported on Monday.
The explosion that killed 30 people and wounded some 100 others in the town of Suruc in southeastern Turkey on Monday indicates a spillover of conflict from southern neighbor Syria, analysts believe.
Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush was released Sunday from a hospital in the state of Maine after four-day treatment for a fractured vertebrae caused by a fall at his summer home.
Jeffrey Webb, former vice president of FIFA, Saturday has pleaded not guilty to racketeering and bribery charges in a federal court hearing in Brooklyn, New York, local media reported.
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