A recent epidemic of dengue fever is testing the Brazilian healthcare system.
Russia and the United States vowed to improve strained ties on Tuesday after "frank" talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and top US diplomat John Kerry, but there was no concrete breakthrough after eight hours of meetings.
A passenger train derailed and overturned late on Tuesday in Philadelphia, killing at least six people and injuring dozens of others.
Prime Minister David Cameron will hold an early referendum on membership in the European Union if he can first reach a deal that satisfies his demands for major changes in Britain's relationship with the bloc, his spokesman said on Tuesday.
Thousands of migrants believed to be stranded at sea without food and water could die unless Southeast Asian governments act urgently to rescue them, migrant groups and the UN warned on Tuesday.
US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in the Russian resort of Sochi on Tuesday for high-stakes talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin that US officials said would push for the full implementation of a shaky Ukraine cease-fire.
Saudi-led warplanes carried out new strikes on an arms depot in the rebel-held Yemeni capital on Tuesday, hours before a five-day cease-fire were scheduled to begin.
Discontent with US policy toward Iran is behind the last-minute pullout by Saudi King Salman from a summit with US President Barack Obama this week, analysts say.
The White House is dismissing as untrue an article alleging that US President Barack Obama misled the public about how the US killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.
A masked gang wielding machetes hacked a secular blogger to death on Tuesday in northeastern Bangladesh in the third such deadly attack by suspected Islamists since February.
French President Francois Hollande urged on Monday an end to the US embargo on Cuba, during the first visit by a Western leader to the island since Washington and Havana moved to restore ties.
A Picasso oil painting from 1955 smashed the record for the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction when it soared to $179.4 million at Christie's on Monday.
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