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.
US Secretary of State John Kerry said Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad could take credit for quickly starting the process of destroying chemical weapons arsenal.
China asked the United States to solve the political impasse and stay solvent to ensure the safety of massive Chinese assets.
India on Monday successfully testfired its home-made, nuclear-capable Prithvi II missile from a test range in the eastern state of Odisha, sources said.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Sunday called on Iran to swiftly show concrete gestures to give up its nuclear enrichment program.
Republican House Speaker John Boehner vowed on Sunday not to raise the US debt ceiling without a "serious conversation" about what is driving the debt, while Democrats said it was irresponsible and reckless to raise the possibility of a US default.
Two Chinese tourists died in a plane crash near Saipan, the Consulate-General of China in Los Angeles said Sunday
A team of international experts began the process of destroying Syria's chemical gas arsenal on Sunday, an official on the mission said.
The suspected al-Qaida figure nabbed by US special forces in a dramatic operation in the Libyan capital had been living freely in his homeland after his return there three years ago, his family said
House Speaker John Boehner (BAY-nur) says he doesn't know when the government shutdown will end and says it's up to President Barack Obama to start negotiations.
A US official says American forces have captured an al-Qaida leader in Libya who is linked to the 1998 US Embassy bombings in east Africa.
A US Navy SEAL team is believed to have killed a senior leader of the al Shabaab militant group in a raid on his seaside villa in Somalia.
The Turkish army agreed on Saturday with the government on a legislation that will shorten the compulsory military service from 15 to 12 months, a military statement said.
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