Forty children from northern Iraq's Yazidi minority are reported to have died as a result of a jihadist attack on the Sinjar region, the United Nations Children's Fund said on Tuesday.
The United Nations Security Council has backed Lebanon's military action against extremist groups but urged it to stay out of the conflict in neighboring Syria, as Beirut vowed no leniency for "terrorist killers".
The South Korean government announced on Monday that it will publish a white paper on wartime sexual slavery victims to tell the world the truth about the Japan's military role in creating the "comfort women" system.
Police in Turkey launched a second wave of raids at police officers' residences on Tuesday, detaining at least 25 officers suspected of conducting illegal wiretaps, the country's state-run television reported.
A Japanese scientist at the center of discredited research initially hailed as a potential breakthrough for stem-cell treatment killed himself after months of stress and exhaustion, officials said on Tuesday.
Israel pulled its ground forces out of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday and started a 72-hour cease-fire with Hamas, mediated by Egypt, as a first step toward negotiations on a more-enduring end to the month-old war.
The stench of rotting animal carcasses was in the air as 10-year-old Ahmed al-Kafarna picked through the debris of his Gaza home, looking for his toys, after a cease-fire began on Tuesday.
The second American aid worker infected with Ebola in West Africa is due to arrive in Atlanta on Tuesday in serious medical condition, while a New York hospital completes tests on a man for the deadly virus.
Russia may impose restrictions or a ban on European airlines using trans-Siberian routes, raising the cost of their flights to Asia, in response to European Union sanctions over Ukraine, the Russian business daily Vedomosti reported on Tuesday.
Two Senegalese hip-hop artists are taking current affairs in a brash new direction - rapping the news.
Venom from a scorpion native to Cuba, Rophalorus junceus, is being used by scientists as an effective weapon against cancer.
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