Islamic State militants have taken full control of the ancient city of Palmyra in central Syria, a monitor group reported on Thursday.
British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday restricting European Union migrant access to Britain's welfare system was a red line in his negotiations with the bloc, ahead of an EU summit he wants to use to launch informal talks on the issue.
The United States and Cuba resume talks on Thursday aiming to overcome obstacles to opening embassies in each other's capitals and re-establishing diplomatic ties, the crucial next step in their historic detente.
Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Wednesday that Teheran would not accept "unreasonable demands" by world powers over its disputed nuclear program and ruled out letting inspectors interview its atomic scientists.
A British magazine has published an image of a figure that it says is the first and only demonstrably authentic portrait of William Shakespeare made in his lifetime.
With meticulous planning and remarkable good fortune, the thieves who broke into a safe in London's diamond district seemed to have pulled off the perfect jewel heist. But their luck ran out on Tuesday when more than 200 Scotland Yard officers closed in on them.
Hector Raul Henao wept as he surveyed the barren landscape of mud and uprooted trees that had been a vibrant community of coffee farmers.
They arrive at Lima's coast shortly before dawn and wade into the Pacific Ocean, seeking relief from ailments doctors have been unable to cure.
Malaysia and Indonesia said on Wednesday they would no longer turn away migrant vessels, responding to world pressure by offering to take in a wave of boat people provided that they could be resettled or repatriated within a year.
A United Nations conference to re-launch political talks in Yemen will open in Geneva on May 28, a UN spokesman said on Wednesday.
An Australian inquiry into child sex abuse heard on Wednesday that the nation's former top Catholic cleric, now Pope Francis' finance chief, tried to bribe a pedophile priest's victim to keep him quiet.
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