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 country music legend Randy Travis is in critical condition in a Texas hospital because of complications from a virus, the singer's publicist said on Monday.
Egypt's interim President Adli Mansour approved on Monday evening a constitutional declaration for the transitional period after the recent ouster of Islamist Mohamed Morsi.More Egypt news
Shares in South Korea's Asiana Airlines shed as much as 6.4 percent on Monday after one of its passenger jets crashed at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, killing two people and leaving nearly 200 injured.
The tragic loss of two young lives in the weekend crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 in San Francisco was felt acutely in the teenage victims’ home city in Zhejiang province.
A coroner said his office was conducting an autopsy to determine whether one of the two victims of the Asiana Airlines crash at San Francisco International Airport was run over and killed by an emergency vehicle.
China and Kazakhstan have exchanged two suspects involved in economic crimes, the Ministry of Public Security said Monday.
Egypt's interim administration expressed "deep regret" for those killed in violence in Cairo on Monday, it said in a statement carried on the state news agency.
Grieved parents of Chinese victims of a San Francisco plane crash left for the United States Monday afternoon.
At least nine people were killed in a bus crash in Spain on Monday.
Competitors ride their home-made vehicle without an engine on a 500-metre-track during the Red Bull Soapbox Race in Saint-Cloud, near Paris July 7, 2013.
Carvers spent several weeks building giant sand sculptures representing "The World Collection" depicting dramatic events from the history, famous people and monuments.
People jump over a campfire during a celebration of the traditional Ivana Kupala (Ivan the Bather) holiday near Kiev July 6, 2013.