Pakistani authorities hunted for breakaway Taliban militants who once declared loyalty to Islamic State on Monday after the group claimed responsibility for an Easter suicide bomb targeting Christians, that killed at least 72 people.
A list of major attacks by militant groups, including the Pakistani Taliban, since 2007:
At the aptly named Planete Chocolat, the shelves were laden with enticing Easter treasures for shoppers: bunnies with bows, pastel-wrapped eggs and elegant boxes of pralines.
Israel had officially backed out of its intention to send a settler as its ambassador to Brazil, the Israeli Prime Minister's Office said on Monday.
Japanese police have caught a 23-year-old man wanted for allegedly abducting a teenage girl who escaped and ran for freedom after being held captive in his apartment for nearly two years.
With its moat, wall, barbed wire, armed guards and security cameras, the facility could be mistaken for a military base if it weren't for the pungent odor of marijuana in the air.
Dreams of fame and fortune turned into a nightmare for a once-renowned Italian surgeon who compared himself to Doctor Frankenstein and now stands accused of using patients as guinea pigs.
Nigerian Thelma West is a rare gem in the diamond world as a woman in a male-dominated sector with few Africans, despite the continent being the main source of the precious rocks.
Nigeria is sending a team to Cameroon on Monday to verify a would-be suicide bomber's claim that she is one of the 276 school girls kidnapped by the Boko Haram from the northern town of Chibok.
Syrian government forces backed by Russian airstrikes drove Islamic State fighters from Palmyra on Sunday, ending the group's reign of terror over a town whose famed 2,000-year-old ruins once drew tens of thousands of visitors each year.
Nicknamed "Duterte Harry," after a Clint Eastwood character with little regard for rules, Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte casually threatens to shoot criminals, hang them using laundry line or drown them in Manila Bay.
Belgians gathered on Sunday in solidarity and defiance in central Brussels to remember victims of the country's worst-ever terror attacks as prosecutors charged a second man over a foiled attack in France.
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