Baltimore erupted in violence on Monday as hundreds of rioters looted stores, burned buildings and injured at least 15 police officers after the funeral of a 25-year-old black man who had died after he was injured in police custody.
Expo Milan 2015, the first world fair since Shanghai's groundbreaking event five years ago, opens its doors on Friday amid optimism that the six-month nutrition and gastronomy-themed fest will help lift the host country out of the economic doldrums.
Hundreds of people have been found dead in the northeast Nigerian town of Damasak, apparently victims of the Boko Haram insurgency, as details emerged on Monday of fresh attacks by the militants.
Countries of the nine drug traffickers condemned to death, and likely to be executed as early as Tuesday, made last-minute pleas on Monday to Indonesia, with Australia asking Jakarta to investigate reports that the trial of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran had been tainted by corruption.
Lee Kuan Yew International Airport? A banknote with the founding Singaporean leader's face on it? A new national holiday?
Syrian rock bands fleeing war are finding safety and new fans in neighboring Lebanon, where they are revitalizing a Westernized scene with their focus on Arabic heritage.
South Africa reacted angrily on Sunday to Nigeria's decision to recall its ambassador from Pretoria over a wave of mob attacks on African migrants that killed at least seven people.
Republic of Korea's President Park Geun-hye accepted the resignation of her prime minister on Monday over a widening bribery scandal that has tainted senior members of her faltering administration.
As the United States was pushed out of Vietnam in 1975, and the Viet Cong were making a final push to capture Saigon, the fate of thousands of Vietnamese orphans was uncertain until then-US president Gerald Ford ordered the remaining US forces to evacuate the children.
The lengthy fight to allow gay marriage across the United States may soon be at an end with the Supreme Court set on Tuesday to consider whether same-sex couples have a constitutional right to wed.
There's something about a British general election that brings out oddballs, loons and eccentric buffoons who dream of making it to parliament.
Indonesia has notified nine foreigners and a local man convicted of drug trafficking that their executions will be carried out within days, ignoring appeals by the UN chief and foreign leaders to spare them.
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