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 heavy rainstorm in Toronto caused power outages and transit chaos across Canada's largest city on Monday, with flooding shutting down parts of its subway and major roads.
Thirteen people were confirmed dead and nearly 40 others were still missing in a catastrophe that raised questions about the safety of transporting oil by rail instead of pipeline.
Two flight attendants working in the back of an Asiana Airlines Flight 214 were ejected and survived when the plane slammed into a seawall and lost its tail end during a crash landing at San Francisco's airport.
Edward Snowden has not yet formally accepted asylum in Venezuela, the WikiLeaks said on Tuesday after a Russian lawmaker posted a statement to that effect on Twitter and then deleted it.
Russia said on Tuesday it had forensic proof that rebels have used a "lethal" sarin compound and handed its evidence to the UN team for inquiry.
A Thai monk, who was earlier found having lavish lifestyles and involved in money laundering case, was alleged to have sex with an underage girl more than 10 years ago.
Britain is on baby watch with Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton awaiting the imminent arrival of their first child.
As dozens of senior officials from China and the United States are converging in Washington for a high-level forum between the world's two biggest economies, much of the US media attention was drawn to the topic of cyber security.
Osama bin Laden lived in plain sight for almost a decade and was once even pulled over for speeding but not apprehended, thanks to the incompetence of Pakistan's intelligence and security services, an official report into his killing said on Monday.
The United States is considering speeding up its planned withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, including a possible "zero option" that would result in no US forces in that country after 2014.
The US Ambassador to Brazil, Thomas Shannon, Monday rejected Brazil's accusation that the US government has been spying on Brazilians citizens and companies over the past years.
Angela Merkel's government said on Monday that its cooperation with American intelligence was fully regulated by strict legal guidelines after a magazine reported that the US National Security Agency was in close cahoots with German spies.
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