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.
President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he would name Caroline Kennedy, daughter of the late President John F. Kennedy, as ambassador to Japan.
Vice-President Li Yuanchao is traveling to Pyongyang on Thursday to attend commemoration ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice.
A police officer carries an unconscious child who was on the boat that capsized late on Tuesday after hitting a reef off the coast of Sukapura, Indonesia's West Java province July 24, 2013.
A UN delegation tasked with investigating the reported use of chemical weapons in the Syrian conflict arrived in Damascus on Wednesday.
The death toll of continued Egyptian clashes between supporters and opponents of ousted President Mohamed Morsi has risen to 15 and the injured increased to 114 in the early hour of Wednesday.
The Thai government and military highly value their relations with the Chinese side and are willing to increase bilateral exchanges and cooperation.
More than 10 percent of Dutch 15 to 18-year-olds have been bullied on the internet, figures of the Dutch Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) showed on Wednesday.
Dan McManus and his service dog Shadow hang glide together outside Salt Lake City, Utah, July 22, 2013.
Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate kept the world guessing about the name of their first child as they left hospital to start family life with the future king.
US President Barack Obama laughs as University of Louisville Cardinals basketball coach Rick Pitino speaks at an event honoring the NCAA basketball championship team at the White House.
A bomb exploded at a police station in a province north of Cairo early on Wednesday, killing one person and wounding 17 others, Health Ministry and security sources told Reuters. At least 9 die in Cairo violence