Greek left-wing leader Alexis Tsipras was sworn in on Monday as the prime minister of a new hardline, anti-bailout government determined to face down international lenders and end nearly five years of tough economic measures.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview published on Monday, US plans to train vetted rebels to fight the Islamic State group were "illusory" as they would eventually defect to the jihadists.
US President Barack Obama presided on Monday over a grand display of Indian military hardware, marching bands and elaborately dressed camels, becoming the first US leader to be honored as chief guest at India's annual Republic Day festivities.
A section of the United States East Coast is braced for a potentially historic blizzard on Monday that is expected to dump as much as 90 centimeters of snow and disrupt transport for tens of millions of people.
The deputy chief of Indonesia's anti-graft agency was expected to submit his resignation letter on Monday, days after the police named him as a suspect in a false testimony case, an agency official said.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi signaled his determination to improve relations with the United States by breaking with protocol to meet and give a bear hug to US President Barack Obama as Obama landed in New Delhi on Sunday.
Iran's foreign minister arrived in Saudi Arabia on Saturday for a rare visit to the regional rival, bringing condolences after the death of King Abdullah, television pictures showed.
Most of Pakistan was plunged into darkness after the breakdown of a key power transmission line in the southern part of the nation on Sunday, another reminder of the country's energy crisis.
The Yemeni Parliament again postponed an emergency session that was expected to vote on the president's resignation, the official Saba news agency reported on Sunday.
From prime minister to ordinary people, Japanese responded with shock on Sunday to a video purportedly showing one of two Japanese hostages of the extremist Islamic State group had been killed.
The United States and its coalition partners have conducted more than two dozen airstrikes against targets of the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq in the past two days, the Pentagon said on Saturday.
Greece began voting on Sunday in a crucial general election that could bring the anti-austerity Syriza Party to power and lead to a renegotiation of the country's international bailout.
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