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.
Russia and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea have reopened a rail link that Pyongyang hopes will offer it a trading boost.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is highly likely to form a coalition with her party's biggest center-left rival, analysts said, after Monday's provisional results showed her bloc achieving a stunning victory, just five seats short of an absolute majority in the lower house.
Kenya's security forces have killed three terrorists and injured others in Monday's operation to end the hostage crisis since the weekend, according to the government.
The heavy downpour on Sunday night failed to vanquish the gallant spirit of Kenya's Brenda Kungu as she patiently waited for her turn to donate blood at a makeshift emergency center in Nairobi.
The International Organization for Standardization has elected Zhang Xiaogang, president of the Chinese Anshan Iron and Steel Group Corp., as president at the 36th ISO General Assembly in St Petersburg.
The Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft is set on its launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome Sept 23, 2013.
Soldiers unload disaster relief items from a helicopter on the mountain range of Zihuatanejo in Guerrero state September 22, 2013.
Two police officers were killed when a car bomb exploded near a police station in Russia's southwest Dagestan republic.
Chinese and Nigerian media should pay more attention to their respective growing roles and strive to present an authentic image of China to African audiences and vice versa.
To mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and Kenya and the 50th anniversary of Kenya's independence, the "Experience China" event opened its doors for the first time in Kenya at the Kenya International Conference Center in Nairobi on September 21.
At least 56 people were killed and 120 others injured when a twin suicide bomb attack hit a Christian church in Pakistan's northwest city of Peshawar on Sunday, hospital sources said.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday slammed the deadly terrorist attack at a shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya earlier in the day, calling the act "totally reprehensible".