Militants have announced the suspension of the Libyan parliament after they assaulted lawmakers.
The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) on Sunday said in a statement that it "regrets" the referendum in Ukraine.
Heavy rainstorms have killed three people and forced the relocation of more than 54,000 residents after rainstorms hit southern China regions, local authorities said Sunday.
Eighteen people were killed and another three injured early Sunday morning after a rainstorm-triggered wall collapse in Qingdao in east China's Shandong Province, said local authorities.
Russia urged Sunday the Organization for Security and Cooperation of Europe (OSCE) and the Council of Europe to immediately evaluate the situation in Ukraine in an objective manner.
An official delegation led by Afghan first vice president Mohammad Youns Qanooni paid a visit to the site of a massive landslide in the northeastern mountainous province of Badakhshan on Sunday.
Leftist rebels are holding close to 40 civilians in southern Philippines, and negotiations were conducted to free the hostages, authorities said on Sunday.
The 5.3-magnitude quake that hit southwest China's Yunnan Province on Saturday morning has affected 71,200 residents, injuring 32 people, local authorities said Sunday.
The Malaysian government promised on Sunday to give detailed information on the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 to the relatives of Chinese passengers aboard the jetliner.
Rain and hailstorms since Saturday have brought landslides and flight delays to south China's Guangdong Province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) confirmed late Sunday that it has received new French satellite photos showing objects possibly related to missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH307 in the southern Indian Ocean.
Russian President Vladimir Putin told his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama in an early Monday call that the Crimea referendum was totally legal, while the White House rejected the results.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday assured his Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak Sunday of all the help India can provide with Malaysia in tracing the missing air jet, said local media.
More aircraft and ships joined the multinational search operations for a Beijing-bound Malaysian jetliner Sunday, one day after it lost contact with air traffic control.
A Malaysian aviation official said here late Sunday that chemical test is being done on oil slick found off northeast Malaysian coast to determine whether it came from the missing airliner.
One people was killed and six others injured in a shooting after a brawl between rival gangs at a nightclub in Dallas, a city in the U.S. state of Dallas, spilled outside and turned violent early Sunday morning, local media reported.
Firefighters extinguished a forest fire at 7:40 a.m. on Monday after fighting the flames all night in southwest China's Yunnan Province.
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