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.
"Australia's longest war" is ending and the Australian Defence Force (ADF) mission in Uruzgan, Afghanistan, is drawing down and will be complete by the end of the year.
Hamas security sources said that an Israeli F16 war jet struck with one bomb near a Hamas military training post in northern Gaza city, causing no damage or injuries.
Turkmenistan held a military parade on Oct 27 to mark the 22nd anniversary of its independence.
Two policemen were killed in an explosion on Monday when attempting to defuse a bomb in southern Thailand.
American Broadcasting Companies Inc. (ABC) has apologized to the Chinese community and the Asian community for permitting a show with offensive words on Chinese.
Participants wearing costumes descend down a hill in a homemade roller cart during the 24th Roller Cart Festival in Medellin, Colombia, October 27, 2013.
A Chinese immigrant was arrested Sunday on five counts of murder in the stabbing deaths of his cousin's wife and her four children in New York.
Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned the killing of a peacekeeper during renewed clashes between government forces and rebels in eastern DRC.
US Secretary of State John Kerry landed in Rome and Paris to talk about Middle East issues but is confronted by outrage over US spying abroad. US President Barack Obama has defended surveillance activities to leaders of Russia, Mexico, Brazil, France and Germany.
Syria has submitted an initial declaration of its chemical weapon program, including a general plan of destruction of its chemical weapons' program.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday that China poses no danger to Russia, and bilateral cooperation between the two countries will bring mutual benefit.
Japan is seemingly upping its gamesmanship regarding territorial disputes with neighboring countries as its foreign ministry recently uploaded sovereignty- claiming videos on the internet and defense ministry also kicked off a muscle show to display its resolve on the issue.