Two bombs blamed on the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram exploded at a crowded mosque and an elite Muslim restaurant in Nigeria's central city of Jos, killing 44 people, officials said Monday.
Japanese officials celebrated UNESCO's approval of world heritage status for 23 historic sites showing the country's transformation from feudal isolation to an industrial power at the end of the 19th century.
A plane powered by the sun's rays landed in Hawaii on Friday after a record-breaking five-day journey across the Pacific Ocean from Japan.
Historic French vineyards, wine cellars and champagne houses in regions where the world's most famous sparkling wines are produced - Burgundy and Champagne - were listed as a world heritage site by UNESCO on Saturday.
Europe will not "desert" the people of Greece regardless of the outcome of Sunday's referendum and may provide it emergency loans, the head of the European Parliament said on Sunday.
Colombia's peace negotiations with leftist FARC rebels hit a critical low as the group steps up violent attacks, and the government might walk away from the process unless the group shows more commitment to reaching a settlement, the government's top negotiator said.
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi declared a state of emergency on Saturday following last week's beach massacre claimed by a jihadist who had brought a "special type of war" to Tunisia.
The 30 British victims of last week's Tunisian beach attack are to receive a permanent memorial funded by fines on banks, Prime Minister David Cameron announced on Sunday.
The United States spied on the communications of dozens of senior Brazilian officials, in addition to President Dilma Rousseff, Brazilian media reported on Saturday.
Chinese citizens traveling in Turkey were warned by the Chinese embassy on its website on Sunday to be wary of protests.
At a closed adoption agency on the fringes of India's capital, kidnapped toddlers and newborns were once being sold for about $8,000 each, no questions asked.
A Russian booster rocket successfully launched an unmanned cargo ship on Friday to the International Space Station, after the successive failures of two previous supply missions.
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