Voters in Ukraine went to the polls on Sunday to elect a new parliament, overhauling a legislature in which many deputies were linked with ousted president Viktor Yanukovych.
A state of emergency was in force in parts of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Sunday after a suicide bombing by a suspected jihadist that killed 30 soldiers, which President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said was carried out with "external support".
A former mushroom and poultry farmer has been crowned Miss Uganda, following a major rebranding of the annual beauty pageant to promote agriculture in the east African nation.
US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power arrived in Guinea's capital, Conakry, on Sunday on a mission to see firsthand how the global response is failing to stop the deadly spread of Ebola in West Africa. Power, who will also visit Sierra Leone and Liberia, said she hopes to gain a better understanding of what resources are missing so she can push other countries to offer more help.
Hanno D. Wentzler, the Asia regional representative for the century-old Freudenberg Group, will continue the diverse family-owned company's principle to also make it a responsible corporate citizen in China.
When Palestinian Osama Silwadi was crippled by gunfire it ended his career as a war correspondent, but the now wheelchair-bound photographer has found a new calling - documenting his people's heritage.
The paralyzed Polish man who regained the ability to walk after receiving a revolutionary treatment said he was a "lucky devil" on Wednesday, as his doctors announced they were looking for new candidates for the procedure.
Nearly 50 years ago, scientists found bones of two large, powerful dinosaur arms in Mongolia and figured they had discovered a fearsome beast with killer claws.
A group of young Pakistani girls sit on a carpeted floor listening as their teacher writes on a whiteboard, preparing his students for the rigors of climbing some of the world's highest peaks.
Japan was roiled by its third political scandal in a week on Thursday after the new trade minister - whose predecessor resigned in disgrace over improper spending - admitted that his supporters had spent office cash at a sex bar.
With improved living conditions brought about by Vietnam's steady economic growth, more and more residents are slowly discarding parts of their traditional family values.
Four former Blackwater security guards were convicted of the 2007 shootings of more than 30 Iraqis in Baghdad on Wednesday, but they plan to appeal, their lawyers said.
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