Kurdish fighters in northern Syria accused the Turkish army of shelling their positions on Monday, highlighting the precarious path Ankara is treading as it simultaneously battles Islamic State in Syria and Kurdish insurgents in Iraq.
India tightened security on the border with Pakistan on Monday after heavily armed men stormed a police station in the northern frontier state of Punjab, killing at least seven people and wounding several others.
There are only about 100 tigers in the world's largest mangrove forest, far fewer of the endangered animals than previously thought, a top Bangladesh forestry official said on Monday following a recent survey.
Breaking the culture of impunity for militant groups, such as Islamic State, that use rape as a weapon of war, is the top priority for Britain's new special representative on preventing sexual violence in conflict.
At least 20 people were killed when a gunfight broke out at a wedding party in northern Afghanistan, officials said on Monday.
A search for 43 college students in the southern state of Guerrero has turned up at least 60 clandestine graves and 129 bodies over the past 10 months, the Mexican Attorney General's Office says.
French farmers blocked roads from Spain and Germany on Sunday to stop foreign products entering the country - the latest protest against a fall in food prices that has brought them to the brink of bankruptcy.
Bloodshot eyes fixed menacingly on their foes and snorting furiously, two giant bulls smash into each other with shuddering force: in Japanese bullfighting, matadors need not apply.
A small plane crashed into a quiet neighborhood in Tokyo on Sunday, killing the pilot, a passenger and a woman on the ground, while three people were pulled alive from the wreckage, officials said.
A car bomb struck a military vehicle in southeast Turkey, killing two soldiers and wounding four others in an attack blamed on Kurdish rebels, authorities said on Sunday, a day after Turkey launched airstrikes against Kurdish insurgents in northern Iraq.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos ordered on Saturday a halt to airstrikes against the FARC rebels, giving a major boost to stop-start peace talks.
US President Barack Obama delivered a firm message on gay rights during his landmark visit to Kenya on Saturday, where homosexuality is outlawed.
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