Women are far more exposed to disasters than men, given their front-line roles in the home and in healthcare, the UN said, arguing that improving gender equality is key to saving lives.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff faced the biggest challenge yet in her turbulent second term, as more than a million protesters took to the streets in more than 150 cities to demand her impeachment and an end to corruption.
An influential Mexican broadcast journalist whose report about the first lady's mansion caused a scandal was fired on Sunday, sparking anger among supporters who called her firing an affront to freedom of speech.
US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif resumed nuclear talks on Monday in Lausanne, Switzerland, to try to narrow gaps before a March 31 deadline for a political agreement.
An eccentric US real estate scion linked to two killings has been arrested in connection with a third murder, after being caught on an open microphone saying he "killed them all" during the taping of an HBO television documentary about him.
A 20-year-old man was charged on Sunday with first-degree assault in last week's shooting of two policemen during a protest rally in Ferguson, Missouri - a crime that shocked a city that has been devastated by months of racial strife.
The Russian military has launched massive military maneuvers in the Arctic, part of its effort to expand its presence in the polar region.
The conflict in Syria entered its fifth year on Sunday with the regime emboldened by shifting international attention and a growing humanitarian crisis exacerbated by the rise of the Islamic State group.
Iran and the US aim in talks that started on Sunday in Switzerland to begin closing in on a deal reducing Teheran's nuclear activities to within strict limits after 18 months of tortuous negotiations.
The president of Vanuatu said on Sunday that he feared the impact from a devastating tropical storm will be "the very, very, very worst" in isolated outer islands, but damage was still being assessed.
The Obama administration is abandoning plans to cut the number of US forces in Afghanistan to 5,500 by year's end, bowing to military leaders who want to keep more troops in the country, US officials said.
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