Pakistani soldiers and paramilitary forces secured the headquarters of state television channel PTV in Islamabad on Monday after a crowd of anti-government protesters stormed the building and took the channel off the air.
Russian President Vladimir Putin urged the EU on Monday to show "common sense" and refrain from engaging in mutually destructive sanctions - his first public reaction to the threat of additional punitive measures over Russia's involvement in Ukraine.
China urged parties involved in the Ukraine crisis to stay calm on Monday and prevent measures that may escalate tensions, following European Union talks of new sanctions on Russia.
The grandmother of a British boy with a severe brain tumor has accused UK authorities of cruelty for seeking an arrest warrant in Spain after the boy's parents removed him from a hospital against medical advice and fled there.
The treatment of blacks by the Los Angeles Police Department is in the spotlight again after several high-profile cases sparked allegations of abuse: a young, unarmed man killed, a woman beaten and a producer arrested without cause.
An experimental drug from Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis reduced deaths from chronic heart failure by 20 percent compared with an existing treatment, according to the results of a vast new study.
Swiss engineers, famous for making the world's finest watches, are turning their hands to cardiology with a prototype batteryless pacemaker based on a self-winding wristwatch.
Wizard of Oz heroine Dorothy Gale only had to click her ruby red slippers together, and they would spirit her home to Kansas.
Italian foreign minister Mogherini to take over as bloc's top diplomat
Some young Muslims are attracted to the Islamic State group because of its brutality, which makes it appear "more authentic" than al-Qaida, the head of Germany's domestic intelligence agency said in an interview on Sunday.
Los Angeles isn't the world's wettest city at the best of times. But a record drought has triggered extra measures - now including "water police" checking on overzealous sprinkler users and the like.
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