Nepal's parliament passed on Wednesday a long-delayed law to pave the way for rebuilding after April's massive earthquake, ending months of bickering that paralyzed reconstruction despite donor pledges of billions in aid.
With items as diverse as an adult coloring books and a new novel by Harper Lee, it was a year for unexpected hits and hits that sold well in paper editions.
Russia is ready to improve ties with the United States and work with whoever is elected its next president, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
Mohammed, 22, has lived in Turkey for four years since fleeing Syria, just months after the civil war erupted that has torn his homeland apart.
US Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy has publicly defended a controversial proposal to relocate a US Marine Corps base on Okinawa in southern Japan as the best of many options considered.
From red marzipan bows on the cake to holiday wreaths on tables, December brides and grooms have found many ways to incorporate Christmas into their weddings.
Nearly 55 years after Yuri Gagarin became the first human in orbit, the UK is experiencing a surge of space mania thanks to its first official astronaut - a soft-spoken pilot who will spend some of his six-month stint on the International Space Station attempting to brew a decent cup of tea in zero gravity.
Pakistan students on Wednesday marked the anniversary of a Taliban school massacre that left 151 people dead, bearing images of their classmates and teachers slain in the incident, which shocked a country already scarred by nearly a decade of attacks.
A rare tornado hit Sydney on Wednesday with destructive winds above 200 km an hour and cricket-ball-sized hail, bringing down trees and power lines, sheering off roofs and walls and causing flash flooding in Australia's largest city.
Rain-soaked residents in the rural Philippines huddled on rooftops on Wednesday after Typhoon Melor caused heavy flooding and killed at least nine people, authorities said.
Japan's Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a law that married couples must have a common surname, a defeat for campaigners who have blasted the 19th-century statute as sexist and archaic.
The president of one of the world's biggest seafood exporters expressed frustration and promised change on Tuesday after saying an Associated Press investigation that linked slave-peeled shrimp to his company should be a "wake-up call" to the industry.
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