After a landslide victory in the general election by his party, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said late on Saturday that he will form his cabinet over the next two weeks.
Palestinians clashed with Israeli police officers at a Jerusalem flashpoint, the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, on Sunday just hours before the start of the Jewish New Year, police and witnesses said.
Hungary is rushing to erect a fence along its southern border to block migrants - several thousand every night - from entering the country and from there the European Union.
Anti-austerity left-winger Jeremy Corbyn's crushing win to become leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party could divide his party's MPs but give a boost to its grassroots power, commentators said on Sunday.
Germany and other western European powers need to work with Russia as well as the United States to solve the crisis in Syria, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday.
Saudi Arabia's King Salman vowed on Saturday to find out what caused a crane collapse that killed 107 people at Mecca's Grand Mosque ahead of the annual hajj pilgrimage.
Three Chinese Muslims were among the injured when a massive crane smashed into Mecca's Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, killing at least 107 people on Saturday, the China Islamic Association said on Sunday.
It gives me great pleasure to join you in the beautiful city of Dalian in this golden autumn season of September.
Thousands of refugees trudged through mud and torrential rain to Greece's border with Macedonia on Thursday, swelling a human tide across Europe that authorities appear powerless to control.
Houses lean forward, knocked partially off their foundations. The worst-hit are gone, their still-intact blue-tiled roofs left sitting on debris-strewn mud. The floodwaters have receded somewhat, but a vast area of the Japanese city of Joso remains inundated by a sea of brown water.
Jeon Seo-jin, 25, finds traditional soju, the clear grain-based liquor popular in South Korea, too strong.
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