A Sinai-based militant group said late Tuesday that it carried out the assassination of a senior Egyptian interior ministry official near his house.
Xiao Lin went to school to pick up his academic report alone, while most of his schoolmates were accompanied by their parents.
A medical report of Pakistan's former ailing military ruler Pervez Musharraf, who faces high treason charges, has suggested an immediate angiography, his lawyers said Friday.
Edward Snowden, a former U.S. defense contractor who revealed the U.S. secret surveillance programs, wrote on Thursday in an online chat that it is "not possible" for him to return to the United States under current whistleblower protection laws and he sees "no chance" to have a fair trial in his home country.
Indian police on Monday detained Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal while he was on his way to protest outside Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's office in the national capital.
British Queen Elizabeth II is said to begin sharing some of the monarch's duties with her son Prince Charles, as the latter is set to stand in for his mother in a growing number of official activities, a British newspaper reported Sunday.
Wei Renhua, a shy fourth-grader in southwest China's rural region of Guangxi, does not know his parents' names. Wei's mum and dad spend just two or three short vacations at home each year, otherwise leaving the boy with his grandparents while they struggle for city work.
Former South African president Nelson Mandela's grandson Mandla Mandela appeared in the Mthatha Regional Court in the Eastern Cape on Thursday to face two charges of assault.
Wei Renhua, a shy fourth-grader in southwest China's rural region of Guangxi, does not know his parents' names. Wei's mum and dad spend just two or three short vacations at home each year, otherwise leaving the boy with his grandparents while they struggle for city work.
The United States on Tuesday rejected as "offensive and inappropriate" remarks made by the Israeli defense minister about Secretary of State John Kerry's ongoing peacemaking efforts in the Middle East.
Hong Kong Chief Executive CY Leung is bound to bring back the idea of setting up the Innovation and Technology Bureau in his policy address, which was part of his commitment as a Chief Executive candidate.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a potential Republican candidate in 2016 presidential campaign, said Tuesday he accepted the full responsibility for the scandal surrounding the lane closures on a highly busy bridge in the fall last year.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's willingness to seek dialogue with China and the Republic of Korea (ROK) went against his act of visiting a controversial war-linked shrine and raising defense spending, Chinese experts have said.
Portugal's President Anibal Cavaco Silva congratulated Cristiano Ronaldo on Monday for his "exceptional sporting level" after the Real Madrid forward was honored the best footballer in the world with a Ballon d'Or award in Zurich, Switzerland.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who died on Saturday at the age of 85, was laid to rest in his ranch in southern Israel on Monday.
Israel's late prime minister Ariel Sharon, an iconic leader in the Jewish state, left a legacy full of contradictions in his dealing with the Palestinians as well as other Arabs toward achieving peace in the Middle East.
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