Top judge backs plan to limit driving

India's chief justice has backed a plan to restrict cars on the roads of Delhi, the country's national capital territory, and said he would be prepared to take the bus to work, calling on other judges to join.

First US shipment in months blasts off

A US shipment of much-needed groceries and other astronaut supplies rocketed toward the International Space Station for the first time in months on Sunday, reigniting NASA's commercial delivery service.

Family urges amnesty as anti-IS Australian arrives home

An Australian who joined Kurds battling the Islamic State group in Syria arrived home on Monday, as his parents called him "a hero" and pleaded with authorities not to charge him under foreign-fighter laws.

Far-right party surges in first balloting

France's far-right National Front saw record gains in the first round of regional polls on Sunday, held under a state of emergency just three weeks after extremists killed 130 people in Paris.

Ex-president Carter: Brain cancer is gone

Former US president Jimmy Carter delivered an unexpected message on Sunday that his latest brain scan showed no sign of cancer.

'We are ashamed', California shooter's estranged kin say

Estranged relatives of a Pakistani woman involved in a mass shooting in California spoke on Sunday of their shame at her crimes, as former classmates and teachers painted a picture of a quiet, religiously conservative student.

Opposition wins majority in parliamentary elections

Venezuela's opposition coalition won a majority in Parliament during legislative elections on Sunday, the country's National Electoral Council said on Monday.

NATO won't send ground troops

NATO has ruled out sending ground troops to fight against Islamic State militants in Syria, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told a Swiss newspaper, stressing the need to bolster local forces in the conflict.

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Treasure worth billions found

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Saturday hailed the discovery of a Spanish galleon that went down off the South American nation's coast more than 300 years ago with what may be the world's largest sunken treasure.

Group rails against 'risque' sculptures

Sand sculptures of curvaceous, full-bottomed women on Copacabana beach may be one of Rio de Janeiro's wackier tourist attractions, but now they're under fire from a resident's association claiming the risqué creations promote prostitution.

Turkey asked to pull troops out of Iraq

Iraq's Foreign Ministry summoned the Turkish ambassador on Saturday to demand that Turkey immediately withdraw hundreds of troops deployed in recent days to northern Iraq, near the Islamic State-controlled city of Mosul.