Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was to meet with his premier on Tuesday, as the country plunged into political turbulence after his ruling party lost its parliamentary majority for the first time since coming to power in 2002.
A Pakistani man who claimed he was a child when he was charged with murder and only confessed after being tortured was handed a reprieve on Tuesday just hours before he was to be executed. It was the fourth time the execution had been stayed.
South Korea believes its MERS virus outbreak may have peaked.
Nepal's rival political parties, spurred by a devastating earthquake to end years of deadlock, have struck a historic deal on a new constitution that will divide the country into eight provinces.
Mauludeen lifts the shirt of his writhing, shrieking infant daughter to reveal a gunshot wound, highlighting the plight of tens of thousands of Afghans caught in the crossfire on the Taliban's expanding northern battlefront.
United Nations negotiators have handed Libya's warring factions a draft proposal for forming a unity government in an attempt to end a conflict that threatens to push the North African country into becoming a failed state.
The United Nations on Monday left Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas off its blacklist of states and armed groups that violate children's rights during conflicts, but criticized Israel over its military operations last year.
Leaders of the G7 ended their two-day summit on Monday with a pledge to take action on issues ranging from climate change and world trade to the Ukraine conflict.
John Foley appreciates the fact that his son James, the US journalist beheaded in Syria by the Islamic State group last year, has been honored on a memorial to journalists who lost their lives while reporting the news.
The Information Office of the State Council, or China's Cabinet, issued a white paper on Progress in China's Human Rights in 2014 on Monday. Following is the full text:
Diving into tackles on the lush green grass at the Southeast Asian Games is a rare treat for the Laos rugby sevens teams who are more used to sidestepping motorbikes during training on a gravelly car park in Vientiane.
The first photos of Britain's Princess Charlotte together with Prince George, who is pictured giving his baby sister a kiss, were released by Kensington Palace on Saturday.
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