Separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine reported heavy casualties on Tuesday after a second day of fighting with government forces, as authorities in Kiev vowed to continue the military offensive "until not a single terrorist" was left.
Some of the European Union (EU) member states foreign ministers request the 28-member bloc to adopt "untraditional measures" against Egypt on Wednesday, claiming the violence in the country has reached an unacceptable level.
Artists from French-based Citecreation painted on the three buildings with imagery inspired by an adjacent zoo. Citecreation applied to the Guinness Book of World Records to have its mural be named the largest mural on a residential building in the world.
The EU privacy watchdogs are demanding an independent investigation into the extent of US surveillance in the wake of US leaker Edward Snowden's revelations about the PRISM spying program.
British authorities forced The Guardian newspaper to destroy material leaked by whistle-blower Edward Snowden, its editor has revealed.
The Olympic Movement will create a series of historic firsts if the IOC award the 2020 Summer Games to Istanbul, bid chairman Hasan Arat said on Sunday. 
Istanbul Olympic bidding boss looks to winning
At lease three people died in a shooting incident at a sports club near the southern German city of Heidelberg on Tuesday evening.
Angela Merkel laid a wreath at Dachau concentration camp on Tuesday, making her the first German chancellor to visit the death camp where Nazis killed more than 41,000 people in the Holocaust.
Prince William and his wife Kate released two informal family snapshots as the first official photos of their son, Prince George, on Tuesday, disappointing royal fans hoping to get a good look at Britain's newest royal heir.
The journalist who first published secrets leaked by fugitive former US intelligence agency contractor Edward Snowden vowed on Monday to publish more documents and said Britain will "regret" detaining his partner for nine hours.
It was meant to be the happiest day of her life. Instead, Yulia Yukhimets' wedding ended with her being rushed to the hospital, weak, pale and hooked to an IV - together with nearly 60 guests.
The partner of a journalist who received leaks from former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden was detained for nearly nine hours Sunday under anti-terror legislation at Heathrow Airport, triggering claims that authorities are trying to interfere with reporting on the issue.
Eleven people were injured when a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) canister exploded Sunday evening in a Chinese restaurant in central Sofia.
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