Arab leaders at a summit in Egypt announced the formation of a unified military force to counter growing security threats from Yemen to Libya, as regional heavyweights Saudi Arabia and Iran engage in sectarian proxy wars.
Iran and six major powers were exploring possible compromises to break an impasse in nuclear negotiations on Sunday, but officials cautioned they were unable to move on several sticking points.
The United States will submit a plans for reducing emissions to the United Nations early this week, but most governments will miss the informal March 31 deadline, complicating work on December's global climate deal target.
Clutching a bag of pasta, canned pears and beef, David Kirk leaves a food bank in one of Britain's poorest corners - his sixth visit in a few weeks.
Russian model Alisa Krylova canceled her order for the latest Mercedes, spent New Year in Moscow rather than skiing in the Alps and now employs Russian staff rather than foreigners.
The co-pilot suspected of intentionally crashing a Germanwings A320 Airbus on Tuesday in the southern French Alps may have been suffering from a detached retina, but investigators are unsure whether his vision problems had physical or psychological causes, a German newspaper said on Sunday.
Tunisian forces killed nine militants during a raid in a southern region as part of a crackdown that followed the attack on a Tunis museum that killed 23 people, an Interior Ministry official said on Sunday.
Saudi Arabia bombed the northern stronghold of Yemen's Shiite rebels and other key military installations on Friday as a coalition led by the Gulf kingdom carried out air-strikes for a second day.
Airlines and policymakers rushed to mandate that two crew members be in the cockpit at all times following revelations that the co-pilot of the doomed Germanwings flight deliberately crashed the plane when left alone at the controls.
Four apartment buildings in New York caught fire and three collapsed after an apparent gas explosion on Thursday, injuring 19 people, the authorities said.
Overwhelmed by the huge crowds who have turned out to pay respects to founding leader Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore tried on Friday to discourage citizens from joining the lines - but many said they were undeterred by the wait of up to 10 hours.
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