Hundreds of traumatized Chileans spent a second night out in the open or in shelters on Thursday night after an offshore magnitude-8.3 earthquake left 12 dead.
Scotland's first minister warned on Friday that a united Britain was "on borrowed time" unless Prime Minister David Cameron devolved more powers to Edinburgh, on the first anniversary of a historic independence referendum.
The military junta in Burkina Faso that took power in a coup on Thursday has freed former interim president Michel Kafando and two of his ministers from detention, the junta's leader said on Friday.
Editor's note: Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the following speech at the Lanting Forum in Beijing on Wednesday regarding President Xi Jinping's upcoming state visit to the United States.
A magnitude-8.3 earthquake struck off the coast of Chile on Wednesday, killing at least five people and slamming powerful waves into coastal towns.
Thousands of migrants have begun pouring into Croatia, setting up a new path toward Western Europe after Hungary used tear gas and water cannons to keep them out of its territory.
The military in Burkina Faso has taken to the airwaves to declare it now controls the country, confirming that a coup has taken place just weeks before national elections. In the announcement aired early on Thursday, the statement said that the transitional government was dissolved.
Agatha Christie fans have descended on her hometown of Torquay on the English Riviera for the 125th anniversary of the murder master's birth on Tuesday as the crime novel enjoys a global revival.
A small drone buzzes above a pristine Pacific beach in Mexico as troops stand guard, seeking to deter poachers from snatching sea turtle eggs that end up on restaurant menus.
Opposition lawmakers and thousands of demonstrators were staging last-ditch protests in a political showdown on Wednesday as Japan's ruling party started a final push to pass security legislation to expand the role of the country's military.
Sri Lanka promised to deliver justice after a United Nations human rights report called on Wednesday for a special court to be set up to prosecute war crimes committed during the nation's 26-year civil conflict.
Gulf monarchies on Tuesday called for the international community to take greater responsibility in aiding Syrian refugees after the oil-flush states faced questions over the number of people they have accepted.
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