The first batch of Chinese aid for survivors of Typhoon Haiyan arrived in central Philippine city of Cebu, a relief goods distribution center, on Monday evening.
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro orders the expulsion of three US consular officials who he said had been conspiring against his government.
A Cairo court adjourned Sunday the trial of Egypt's former president Mohamed Morsi over charges of espionage to February 23.
Eleven of the more than 200 illegal miners trapped in an abandoned gold mine near Johannesburg have been brought to surface, rescuers said on Sunday.
One people was killed and six others injured in a shooting after a brawl between rival gangs at a nightclub in Dallas.
A bomb on a tourist bus in Egypt's Sinai killed at least three people from ROK and the Egyptian driver.
Thai police and a prominent protest leader failed to reach a deal on Sunday to reopen state offices and roads in Bangkok that have been occupied for months by protesters.
Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi went on the first session of his trail over charges of espionage along with 35 others.
President Barack Obama signed legislation that raises the US debt limit through March 2015, taking the politically volatile issue off the table.
Speculations are high that 39-year-old center-left Democratic Party chief Matteo Renzi would be given the mandate to form a new cabinet, since he is leader of the largest party in parliament.
The second round negotiations of the Geneva II international conference on Syria concluded on Saturday noon without achieving tangible results.
US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday that he will soon name a special representative for the Arctic region to promote American interests there.
When world powers start talks with Iran next week on a final agreement on their nuclear dispute, the main question for the West will be how to ensure Tehran gives up enough atomic activity to ensure it cannot build a bomb any time soon.