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.
At least 20 people were killed during the last 24 hours in the fresh wave of violence in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi.
US authorities put a shopping mall in New Jersey on lockdown Monday night after shots were heard and a gunman was spotted.
A team of special envoys led by the UN voiced their concerns at the renewed outbreak of violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and urged M23 rebels to renounce its rebellion as already agreed.
A person with a gun opened fire on Monday evening in a New Jersey shopping mall shortly before closing time in the town of Paramus, and the mall was being evacuated, a county official said.
More than a third of the same- sex couples getting married under a new law in New Zealand are coming from overseas.
President Barack Obama vowed to press ahead with the rollout and asked supporters to help as the White House struggled to gain control of the debate over his signature achievement.
A study finds the Milky Way is teeming with billions of planets that are about the size of Earth, orbit stars just like our sun, and exist in the Goldilocks zone.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Monday that nobody should expect sanction relief will take place in a short time.
US Secretary of State John Kerry denied on Monday reports of tensions between the United States and Saudi Arabia amid current crises in the region.
The United States remains committed to holding a peace conference on Syria in Geneva in November as a negotiated solution is the only way to lead Syria out of its current crisis, the White House said on Monday.
With memories of the Boston Marathon bombings still fresh, New York Marathon participants donned yellow and blue ribbons on Sunday to honor the victims, but also sought to restore the race's celebratory spirit.
The Wall Street Journal has stirred public opinion in China and Japan with an article making a "rare, direct call" on Washington to take a position in the standoff over China's Diaoyu Islands.
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