It has been an inauspicious return to crisis-plagued South Korea for former United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon, once the odds-on favorite to be the next president, who has been ensnared in a family corruption scandal and struggled with a skeptical press.
Authorities in India have beefed up security across major cities including capital New Delhi, days ahead of Thursday's 68th Republic Day celebrations.
The Supreme Court in the United Kingdom has ruled that Prime Minister Theresa May's government must seek the approval of Parliament to trigger the process by which the UK leaves the European Union.
Russia, Turkey and Iran on Tuesday were working on a statement to reaffirm a fragile cease-fire between Syrian warring parties that could agree to establishing a mechanism to observe its compliance and pave the way for a UN-led peace settlement.
Italian emergency crews pulled three wiggling, white sheepdog puppies out Monday from under tons of snow and rubble at an avalanche-struck hotel, lifting spirits even as the search for 15 people still missing dragged on six days after the disaster.
European Union sanctions on Russia are pointless, the front-runner in France's presidential election Francois Fillon said on Monday in Berlin, warning Russia and the United States under Donald Trump could forge links that exclude the European Union.
Leftist outsider Benoit Hamon will fight ex-prime minister Manuel Valls for the French Socialist presidential nomination next Sunday after winning the first round of a primary seen as a battle for the party's soul.
As deaths from powerful painkillers continue to rise, Canada is pursuing unprecedented measures to curb their use, including requiring cigarette-style warning stickers on every prescription, said Health Minister Jane Philpott.
US President Donald Trump was set to meet with congressional leaders from both parties to discuss his agenda, as he entered his first official week in the White House and works to begin delivering on his ambitious campaign promises.
Syrian peace talks brokered by Russia, Turkey and Iran and seeking to bolster a shaky cease-fire in place since last month opened on Monday in Kazakhstan, marking the first face-to-face meeting between the Damascus government and rebel factions fighting to overthrow it.
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