French police arrested the presumed gunman who targeted the country's media outlets and seriously injured a photographer at the Liberation newspaper, Interior Minister Manuel Valls said on Thursday.
The former vice president of China Mobile, the country's largest telecom operator, has received life imprisonment for taking bribes, a court in northeast China's Jilin Province confirmed on Friday.
The Israeli Supreme Court rejected an appeal by an al-Qaida operative against his detention without any trial, a Court Authority statement revealed Tuesday.
U.S. President Barack Obama sought to rally supporters Monday to help with the enrollment of the error-ridden centerpiece of his signature health care overhaul.
With record low approval ratings as most of his economic promises in tatters, French President Francois Hollande justified his decisions to fix economic troubles and improve the country's social welfare in a fresh attempt to convince discontent public.
A schoolboy once arrested for spreading rumors online was expelled from school in northwest China's Gansu Province on Monday, though the government has launched an ensuing investigation.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Israel once again on Friday amid mounting tensions over a possible agreement between the West and Iran regarding the latter's nuclear plan.
French President Francois Hollande arrived in Israel Sunday on his first official visit to the country for discussions on Iran's nuclear plan and the world's efforts to prevent it from possible militarization.
Abdulla Yameen was sworn in as Maldives president on Sunday, a day after wining a closely contested runoff election, ending nearly two years of political uncertainties that pose threat to the Indian Ocean holiday paradise's vital tourism sector.
The embattled mayor of Canada's largest city of Toronto apologized on Thursday after he shocked the public once again for an outburst of sexually explicit language on live television earlier in the day.
3 people who the Egyptian military accused of terrorism were killed in confrontations with the armed forces after they allegedly killed a police officer and wounded a soldier early Thursday in al-Arish, a border city with Israel, a military spokesman said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed Thursday his country's support for Syria in a phone conversation with his Syrian counterpart, the state-run SANA news agency reported.
The latest statistics from Japan's health ministry show that one in 49 babies born in Japan today are born into families with one non-Japanese parent, giving way to a growing demographic of mixed-race nationals in Japan, known colloquially as "Hafu."
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday he was more cautious after being named the most powerful person by Forbes magazine.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday called his Philippine counterpart Benigno Aquino III to affirm U.S. support for his country's relief efforts in the wake of a devastating attack by Super Typhoon Haiyan.
The United States on Monday expressed "deep concern" about a decision by Maldivian President Mohamed Waheed Hassan to remain in office past the expiry of his term at midnight on Sunday.
Iran's deputy minister of industry, mines and commerce was killed here on Sunday evening, the official IRNA news agency reported.
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