Initial poll count on Wednesday shows that Egypt's former military chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will sweep the presidential election with an overwhelming majority of votes.
A volcano erupted for the third time in as many months on the western Indonesian island of Sumatra, forcing hundreds of villagers to evacuate, officials said.
The US Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, the American national capital, on Tuesday asked panda fans across the world for help to name the female giant panda cub via voting online.
The United Nations estimates that about 9.3 million people in Syria, or 40 percent of the population, need humanitarian assistance due to the country's two and a half years of civil war, the UN humanitarian office said on Monday.
China on Tuesday urged Japan to minimize the subsequent impact of the Fukushima nuclear disaster and called for assistance to Japan in dealing with contaminated water leakage.
Hao Ping, China's vice-minister for education and representative to the UNESCO's executive board, was on Tuesday elected the president of the 37th General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization for a two-year mandate.
India successfully launched its first mission to Mars on Tuesday, with a program showcasing its low-cost space technology.
US authorities put a shopping mall in New Jersey on lockdown Monday night after shots were heard and a gunman was spotted.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Monday that nobody should expect sanction relief will take place in a short time.
With memories of the Boston Marathon bombings still fresh, New York Marathon participants donned yellow and blue ribbons on Sunday to honor the victims, but also sought to restore the race's celebratory spirit.
Angela Merkel reaffirmed the importance of Germany's ties to the US, making clear a domestic debate over granting asylum to Snowden must not be allowed to harm relations.
The Wall Street Journal has stirred public opinion in China and Japan with an article making a "rare, direct call" on Washington to take a position in the standoff over China's Diaoyu Islands.
Three Chinese experts on Monday began training in The Hague on how to verify the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons.
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