US President Barack Obama signed into law on Tuesday legislation that reforms a government surveillance program that swept up millions of US residents' telephone records.
What happens with the phone records collection?
More than 10,000 Islamic State fighters have been killed since the US-led coalition started its campaign against the militant group nine months ago in Iraq and Syria, US Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye said on Wednesday that everything must be done to stop Middle East respiratory syndrome, as fear of the disease shut hundreds of schools and led to corporate giant Samsung calling off a staff conference.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned on Tuesday that as long as there is one Ebola case in West Africa, "all countries are at risk".
The little Belgian town of Waterloo is feverishly preparing to celebrate the 200th anniversary of one of history's greatest battles, hoping it can reclaim its name from a London railway station and an ABBA song.
Doctors amputated Ugandan schoolboy Jesse Ayebazibwe's right leg three years ago after he was hit by a truck while walking home from school.
South Korea on Tuesday reported its first deaths from the MERS virus, following the largest outbreak outside the Middle East. The virus has infected 25 people and triggered widespread public alarm.
Churning out 1.2 metric tons of curry in under an hour, staff members running a spotlessly clean, high-tech kitchen in the Hindu holy city of Vrindavan are hoping to turn around the poor reputation of India's free school lunch program.
Two Malaysian boys whose father was a passenger on the jetliner that vanished in March last year have secured an out-of-court settlement in the tragedy's first legal case against Malaysia Airlines and the government.
Myanmar's navy is escorting a boat carrying 727 migrants to the waters of neighboring Bangladesh, four days after intercepting it in the Andaman Sea, the Myanmar's information minister said on Tuesday.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Tuesday he would pledge a 26 percent cut in the country's greenhouse gas emissions, ahead of a global summit on climate change this year.
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