The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is reportedly close to securing its first significant global sports event in almost 40 years, in line with top leader Kim Jong-un's plans to turn the country into a sporting powerhouse.
A US investigation into a strike on an Afghan hospital run by a charity cited mistakes so "reckless" that observers said they left open the unsettling question of whether those involved had ripped up their own rule book in a chaotic effort to take out the Taliban.
Eldar Ryazanov, one of the most popular Soviet-era film directors whose comedies captured sometimes quirky aspects of life in the Soviet Union, died on Monday aged 88, family and colleagues said.
Turkey promised to help stem the flow of migrants to Europe in return for cash, visas and renewed talks on joining the EU in a deal struck on Sunday that the Turkish prime minister called a "new beginning" for the uneasy neighbors.
Hamburg's bid to host the 2024 Olympics collapsed on Sunday after the majority of the city's residents voted against the multibillion-euro project in a referendum, killing off the candidacy and leaving officials in shock.
The social exclusion of young Muslims in France partly explains their radicalization, and the government must give people from poor suburbs more hope of success to reduce the risk of more violent attacks, a Cabinet minister said on Sunday.
The man arrested over a shooting spree that left three people dead and nine wounded at a prominent family planning center in Colorado Springs makes his first court appearance on Monday.
Drugs and alcohol were identified as young Australians' leading cause for concern in the nation's biggest annual survey of its adolescents.
Chances are high that the tomb of ancient Egypt's boy-king Tutankhamen has passages to a hidden chamber, which could possibly be the last resting place of the lost Queen Nefertiti, experts said on Saturday.
A Thai teenager is elevating everyday items of rural life to the catwalk to challenge entrenched prejudice among the Bangkok elite.
Hitoshi Kino, a bespectacled clerical employee at a university near Tokyo, doesn't stand out.
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