More than 1,200 people have died of starvation and illness at an aid camp in north-east Nigeria that houses people fleeing the Islamist militant group Boko Haram
In the historic EU referendum vote, Britains voted for for 'Leave' the European Union (EU) by a margin of 52% to 48%.
At least six people were killed, including a journalist, and more than 100 injured in southern Mexico when unknown gunmen opened fire during clashes between police and teachers. The violence erupted as police fired tear gas at protesters to end a week-long barricade of a road in Asuncion Nochixtlan, a town in Oaxaca state, where some vehicles were set on fire.
Several striking images of complex yoga postures illuminated the UN headquarters as the world body geared up to host the second International Yoga Day to celebrate the ancient Indian spiritual discipline.
EgyptAir said that it will pay an advance compensation of $25,000 to families of the 66 people killed when one of its planes crashed into the Mediterranean last month.
Death toll from landslides and flooding in Indonesia rose to 50 after hundreds of homes were engulfed by surging torrents of mud and rock. The natural disasters happened across densely populated Central Java province.
The plenary meeting of the 48-member Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) ended in Seoul with no decision on India's membership bid as divisions persisted over admitting non-NPT members with China leading the opposition to it.
Thousands of Pakistanis thronged the streets of Karachi to attend the funeral of one of the country's best known Sufi musicians, Amjab Sabri, who was gunned down a day earlier in what police called an act of terror'.
Extreme weather, including hailstorms, heavy rain and a tornado, killed 51 and injured dozens in China's eastern Jiangsu province.
Here's a lok at the important events in the world this week.