Three members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps, who had been sent to reinforce border police, were killed in an attack in the southeast of Iran near Pakistan, according to Iranian media reports on Monday.
Thousands of police officers, state troopers, sheriff's deputies and others from law enforcement agencies big and small across the United States gathered at the New York City funeral of a police officer killed along with his patrol partner in a daytime ambush a week ago.
Heavy snowfall and freezing conditions in the French Alps left about 15,000 drivers stranded overnight into Sunday, forcing many to pass the night in their cars and prompting officials to open emergency shelters.
Malaysia pledged more funds on Sunday to help more than 160,000 people hit by the country's worst flooding in decades, as forecasters warned fresh rain could hamper efforts to relieve thousands left stranded by the waters.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea blamed Washington on Saturday for Internet outages as people in Pyongyang once again found that Web and 3G access was paralyzed amid bickering between the United States and the Asian country over an earlier cyber attack on Sony Pictures.
Twenty-four people are dead and eight others are missing due to floods and mudslides caused by incessant rain in Sri Lanka during the past week, officials said on Sunday. About 106,000 people have lost their homes or evacuated to safer locations, the disaster management center said
Critics and early viewers agree that The Interview is less than a masterpiece. But thanks to threats from hackers that nearly derailed its release, it has become an event.
Russia on Thursday offered sympathy to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea amid the Sony hacking scandal, saying the movie that sparked the dispute was so scandalous that Pyongyang's anger was "quite understandable".
Like tens of thousands of Cubans, Gerardo Luis wants to get to the United States and he's suddenly worried that time may be running out.
A Turkish court on Friday ordered the release of a 16-year-old high school student arrested for "insulting" President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, following accusations his detention was the latest sign of the country veering toward authoritarianism.
The wedding season is in full swing in India, marking what should be the busiest time of year for the traditional brass bands that lead raucous processions announcing the arrival of the bridegroom to the neighborhood.
Crying onlookers took part in beachside memorials and religious services across Asia on Friday to mark the 10th anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami that left more than a quarter-million people dead in one of modern history's worst natural disasters.
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