Luiz Carlos Mendonca de Barros, former Communications Minister for Brazil, has called for Brazil's three main parties to come together and collaborate to solve the country's political stalemate.
The UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, on Monday held "constructive discussions" with the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Syrian government officials in Damascus, the Envoy's office said.
Russian investigators have detained at least one person over the deadly air crash that killed the CEO of French oil giant Total, Christophe de Margerie, and are mulling more detentions and arrests.
The legendary Aboriginal actor David Gulpilil came away from the star-studded awarded the Cannes Film Festival with the Best Actor Award -- capping off a career that has both amazed and suffered in the relative silence of Australian film.
Jane Campion, New Zealand director, producer and scriptwriter, is to head the Jury of the 67th Festival de Cannes in 2014, the organisers announced Tuesday.
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