U Htin Kyaw of ruling party elected president

U Htin Kyaw from Myanmar's ruling National League for Democracy, led by Aung San Suu Kyi, won the presidential election on Tuesday through a secret ballot, thus becoming the country's new president for the next five-year term.

Herders suffer as cattle trade shut to fight Boko Haram

A Nigerian government push to strangle the Boko Haram insurgency has shut down the cattle trade that sustained the city of Maiduguri, leaving many residents with no livelihood, including many of the two million people displaced by the war.

Horse-sized relative shows how T. rex became 'king of dinosaurs'

A newly discovered cousin of the T. rex may explain how the legendary dinosaur leapt in size to become undisputed king of the food chain, scientists said on Monday.

Men embrace femininity, take comfort in 'genderless' clothing

No stranger to barrettes, bows and beauty products, Japanese Instagram icon and model Genking is a proud flag bearer for "genderless" fashion in which young men adopt unequivocally feminine styles and challenge traditional norms.

Number of child workers declines

The number of child laborers aged 14 or below in India dropped to 4.5 million in 2011 from 12.6 million a decade before, said the country's labor minister, urging lawmakers to approve planned changes to existing legislation to curb the problem.

Russia begins 'positive' military withdrawal

Russia began withdrawing its forces from Syria on Tuesday, a move hailed as a potentially "positive step" for a new round of UN-backed peace talks seeking to end the conflict.

Killer makes Nazi salute in court

Mass killer Anders Behring Breivik kicked off his return to court on Tuesday by making a Nazi salute during his bid to improve conditions inside the Norwegian prison where he is being held in isolation for massacring 77 people in 2011.

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Mental health rules 'need review'

Seeking to ensure that suicidal pilots can't crash their jets, French authorities investigating last year's Germanwings crash are urging new reporting requirements for doctors treating pilots, and new measures to keep pilots from hiding mental health issues.

Alpaca farmers miss out on rich pickings

The 4 million alpacas that graze on the remote slopes of Peru's southeastern Andes wear warm coats of a silky fiber highly sought in the United States, Europe and Asia.

'Extremist' gunmen kill 16 people in beach attack

Gunmen from al-Qaida's North African branch killed 16 people, including four Europeans, at a beach resort town in Cote d'Ivoire on Sunday, the latest in a string of deadly attacks that have confirmed the extremists' growing reach in West Africa.

Merkel facing pressure over refugee policy after regional election 'debacle'

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was facing fresh pressure on Monday after a regional election drubbing described as a "debacle" over her liberal refugee policy.