Iraqi lawmakers urged the country's new prime minister on Tuesday to quickly name leaders for the defense and interior ministries, as doing so would boost efforts to fight extremist Sunni militants.
Syrian media accused Arab governments on Tuesday of giving Washington prior agreement for military action against jihadists, with one newspaper calling for Damascus to form an alternative alliance with Moscow and Teheran.
A homemade bomb exploded on Monday next to a subway station in Chile's capital, Santiago, injuring 10 people, officials said.
The long-awaited verdict in the Oscar Pistorius trial, a blend of international soap opera and tragic TV reality show, is expected to be announced this week.
Olympic track star Oscar Pistorius returns to court on Thursday for judgment in his murder trial.
Surging levels of carbon dioxide sent greenhouse gases in the atmosphere to a record in 2013, while oceans, which absorb the emissions, have become more acidic than ever, the UN said on Tuesday.
A Russian Defense Ministry official dismissed on Tuesday a complaint by Ottawa that Russian military aircraft had acted provocatively by flying near a Canadian warship sailing in the Black Sea.
The opposition Labor party has accused the Australian government of jeopardizing national security by considering having its new submarine fleet built in Japan.
The Jordanian prince taking the helm of the UN's human rights office urged the world on Monday to set as its first priority bringing a halt to the gruesome and conjoined conflicts in Iraq and Syria.
Two newly promoted Japanese politicians sought on Monday to distance themselves from allegations of extremism after pictures emerged of them posing with the leader of a Japanese neo-Nazi party.
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