Pontiff flies directly to Bethlehem, calls Mahmoud Abbas 'a man of peace'
The top general in Thailand's ruling junta warned people not to join anti-coup street protests on Sunday, saying normal democratic principles cannot be applied at this time, as troops fanned out in central Bangkok to prevent rallies.
Ukrainians voted on Sunday in a presidential election billed as the most important since they won their independence from Moscow 23 years ago, although separatists disrupted voting in eastern regions of the former Soviet republic.
One of the first openly gay politicians in the US was assassinated in 1978
Doctors in Italy have designed a miniature dialysis machine for babies, which they used for the first time last year to save a newborn girl, according to a new report.
New Zealand's iconic kiwi is most closely related to the extinct elephant bird of Madagascar rather than the Australian emu as previously thought, researchers said on Thursday.
Thailand's military government detained former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and members of her family on Friday after summoning her and other ministers for talks a day after the military seized power from her caretaker government.
Seoul on Friday accused the Democratic People's Republic of Korea of a "blatant lie" in claiming it had not fired shells near a Republic of Korea warship, and said Pyongyang had threatened to bombard its military vessels.
Britain's anti-EU party UKIP made strong gains in local elections in England, siphoning support from Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives as it capitalized on discontent over immigration and mainstream politics.
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