At least 29 people, including 10 foreigners, were killed in an Al-Qaeda attack on a top hotel in Burkina Faso, an unprecedented strike in the capital illustrating the expanding reach of regional jihadists.
White House has assured American-Sikhs of their safety and security in view of the increasing threats and hate crimes against the community members in the recent past.
Australia's iconic Sydney Opera House, one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country, was cordoned off by police with people cleared from the landmark amid reports of a security threat'.
Two female suicide bombers attacked a mosque in a town near Cameroon's border with Nigeria during morning prayers, killing at least 10 people and wounding about a dozen others.
The World Health Organisation confirmed a new death from Ebola in Sierra Leone, a day after West Africa celebrated halting the spread of the virus.
Turkish security forces detained 12 academics accused of signing a declaration calling for renewed efforts to end violence between government forces and Kurdish separatists.
A serious accident' during a drugs trial in Biotrial laboratory in Rennes, France, has left one person brain-dead and five hospitalised, Health Minister Marisol Touraine said.
A western German town, Bornheim, has barred adult male asylum seekers from its indoor swimming pool after receiving complaints that some women were sexually harassed.
ISIS militants who lost a key town to Iraqi forces were burned alive in full public view by their own men after they fled to the group's stronghold of Mosul, in a terrifying message to other fighters.
Jimmy Morales, a former TV comic elected Guatemala's new president on a wave of public revulsion against widespread graft, took office in a ceremony attended by leaders from the Americas.
At least 18 people were killed and 40 others were injured when insurgents attacked a shopping mall in Iraq with hand grenades and at least two nearby bombs.
A security crackdown weakened the most dangerous extremist networks, leading to a long lull in large-scale strikes. However, the emergence of Islamic State has raised concern that Indonesians returning from Middle East battlefields could stage attacks on home soil.
UN children's fund UNICEF confirmed cases of severe malnutrition among children in the besieged Syrian town of Madaya, where aid was delivered this week to thousands of people affected by the months-long blockade.
Two people died and hundreds were injured during Black Nazarene, a huge religious festival in the Philippines, where barefoot crowds hurled themselves at a statue of Jesus believed to have healing powers.
South Korea fired warning shots after an unidentified object from North Korea was seen flying close to the rivals' border, the South's military said. The incident comes amid a deepening standoff between the Koreas in the wake of the North's nuclear test one week ago.
A Japanese lawmaker said wartime sex slaves forced to work for Japan's Imperial Army were \"professional prostitutes\", before he was forced to retract the remarks and issue an apology.
A Japanese bus operator whose vehicle plunged off a mountain road, killing 14 people and injuring dozens more, is suspected by officials of violating safety regulations, say reports.
At least 15 people were killed in a blast apparently targeting police outside a polio vaccination centre in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta.
Pakistani authorities have shut down several religious schools run by the Jaish-e-Mohammad terror group after the organisation was named for masterminding the Pathankot attack.
China should be careful not to step into minefields' between India and Nepal, an article in the Chinese media said, underlining that though it is necessary to provide aid to Kathmandu, it should not be at the cost of Beijing's interests.
Seven members of the Afghan security forces were killed after Islamic State gunmen attacked the Pakistani consulate in a volatile eastern province in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
Pakistan said it would complete the western alignment of the Chinese-built USD 46 billion economic corridor linking China to the Gwadar port on the Arabian Sea by 2018.