Leaders on both sides of Ireland's gay marriage campaign say advocates of legalization have won a resounding victory (Photo: AP)
The Islamic State group seized Syria's Palmyra on Thursday, reportedly giving it control of half of the country as UNESCO warned the destruction of the ancient city would be "an enormous loss to humanity". (Photo: AP)
An Indian-American home-schooled boy has surprised one and all by graduating from a US college at the age of 11 with three associate degrees in maths, science and foreign language studies. (Photo: Twitter)
A young Russian woman accidentally shot herself in the head with a pistol while posing for a selfie, Russian news agencies reported Friday, citing police. (Photo: AFP)
An Islamic State group suicide bomber attacked a Shiite mosque in Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia on Friday, killing 21 people and wounding 81 in an assault that threatens to fan sectarian tensions. (Photo: Twitter)
In a bizarre propaganda magazine, the Islamic extremist group ISIS has described US First Lady Michelle Obama as "a prostitute." (Photo: AFP)
The death toll following the two devastating earthquakes that have struck Nepal has reached 8,635 with over 300 people, including 89 foreigners, still missing. (Photo: AFP)
The commander of international forces in Afghanistan says the Islamic State group is actively recruiting in Afghanistan but is not yet operational there. (Photo: AFP)
Paris's iconic Eiffel Tower was shut to tourists on Friday as staff walked off the job to protest a surge in gangs of pickpockets roaming around the monument. (Photo: AFP)