A twin suicide bombing claimed by Islamic State killed more than 70 people in a Shiite district of Baghdad on Sunday in the deadliest attack inside the capital this year, as militants launched an assault on its western outskirts.
Democrat Hillary Clinton aims to build an impregnable lead on "Super Tuesday", the most consequential day of the presidential nominations calendar, while Republicans struggle to derail their insurgent and controversial front-runner Donald Trump.
Stranded migrants lay with their children on rail tracks at Greece's northern border on Sunday, demanding to be allowed to continue their journey, as Germany warned that Europe cannot let the country "plunge into chaos".
India pledged to invest billions of dollars on Monday to improve the lives of farmers and boost the rural economy, drive consumer demand and stimulate growth.
Prosecutors on Tuesday will unveil charges against an alleged al-Qaeda-linked Islamist accused of destroying monuments at the fabled city of Timbuktu in an unprecedented case before the world's only permanent war crimes court.
Ireland could be on course for a historic alliance between age-old foes - the Fine Gael and Fianna Fail parties - as partial election results on Saturday revealed strong voter rejection of the existing coalition government of Prime Minister Enda Kenny.
Republic of Korea opposition lawmakers seeking to block a government-backed "anti-terrorism" bill pushed their record-breaking filibuster into a sixth straight day of speeches in the parliamentary chamber on Sunday.
One 8-year-old was repeatedly sold and raped, while another girl set herself on fire to make herself less attractive to her jihadist captors.
Activists alleging that decades of neglect and authorities' repeated failure to make good on cleanup promises have effectively killed one of Rio de Janeiro's most iconic waterways staged on Saturday a symbolic burial of the Guanabara Bay, the sewage-filled waters where Olympic sailing competitions are to be held.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani won an emphatic vote of confidence and reformist partners secured surprise gains in parliament in early results from elections.
Hillary Clinton scored a resounding victory against Bernie Sanders in Saturday's Democratic primary in South Carolina, seizing momentum ahead of the most important day of the nomination race: next week's "Super Tuesday" showdown.
Syria's fragile ceasefire entered its second day on Sunday, with battlezones across the war-scarred country largely quiet for the first time in five years despite some sporadic breaches.
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