As UN climate negotiators gather in Geneva this week, a Japan-inspired Hungarian inventor believes he has found a revolutionary and inexpensive way to construct buildings that could slash humanity's energy needs.
A Japanese surfer was killed on Monday after both his legs were bitten off by a shark in eastern Australia, a day after another man suffered serious injuries in the same area.
Hundreds of women are using Brazil's Carnival season to flaunt their curls in a party-time promotion of black pride.
Two young German men will plead guilty to vandalism, an offense punishable by caning, after spray-painting a metro train in Singapore, their lawyer said on Monday.
FARC rebels have invited the newly crowned Miss Universe, Paulina Vega, to attend their peace negotiations with the government, a bid to end 50 years of fighting. Vega, a 22-year-old from the northern city of Barranquilla, was named Miss Universe in late January, and has said that she is willing to travel to the talks.
Singapore police said on Monday an investigation was under way after Facebook posts showing photographs of bullets were addressed to the prime minister of the city-state, which prides itself on its stability and security.
The United States said on Monday its relationship with Thailand was going through a "challenging" period as the two sides began a major military exercise, scaled down over Washington's concerns about the junta leadership.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott vowed on Monday to change after surviving a confidence vote on his leadership, while urging an end to the disunity that has seen the government's popularity plummet.
The Republic of Korea said on Monday that it will make a stern response to possible provocation from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, which fired short-range projectiles a day earlier.
Tokyo defended its confiscation of a Japanese journalist's passport on Monday as the journalist, a photographer, prepared to travel to Syria to cover refugee camps.
The leaders of Ukraine, Germany and France are pushing for a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday in a frantic bid to halt escalating bloodshed in eastern Ukraine.
The inhabitants of Komunar, less than 50 km from the Ukrainian separatist stronghold of Donetsk, feel forgotten by the world as they struggle to meet their most basic needs.
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