David Cameron is to face questions from MPs over the agreements reached at the G8 summit over the crisis in Syria and international tax-dodging.

Turkish police sent 94 demonstrators to the prosecutor's office to face charges of provoking violence during the recent unrest, as growing numbers adopted a silent form of protest inspired by the “standing man.

At least 28 people, including a provincial lawmaker of the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI), were killed Tuesday when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives during a funeral procession in Mardan district of restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

The United Nations refugee agency says more people in 2012 became refugees or internally displaced people than at any time since 1994.

Peres honors former US president with highest civilian honor as Clinton talks peace at the Presidential Conference in Jerusalem. Day 2 of the Presidential Conference, June 19, 2013.

By Abdi Sheikh. MOGADISHU | Wed Jun 19, 2013 7:57am EDT. MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Islamist militants carried out their first major assault for years on a U.N.

MOSCOW, June 19 (Xinhua) -- A series of explosions at an ammunition depot in Russia's central Samara region forced the evacuation of about about 6,500 people, the Emergency Situations Ministry said Wednesday.

Tue Jun 18, 2013 1:50am IST. * Pact could encompass half the world's economy. * Accord could boost both EU, U.S. by $100 bln a year.

PETER LLOYD: The man convicted of raping and murdering the Melbourne woman Jill Meagher was today sentenced to life in prison. Adrian Bayley will however be eligible for parole in 2048.

Also: The folly of marathon readings; Tom Wolfe has a new book; VICE apologizes for tasteless photo spread. Wednesday, June 19, 2013.

MOSUL, Iraq | Wed Jun 19, 2013 1:12pm BST. MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew himself up as he embraced a Sunni Muslim political leader in northern Iraq on Wednesday, killing the man and four of his family a day before elections in the area.

A rocket fired by Palestinian terrorists in Gaza early Wednesday morning landed in Palestinian territory. A siren was heard in Ashkelon and the surrounding area at around 5:40 am.

New Delhi: With the weather improving after days of torrential rainfall, rescue operations are in full swing in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.

With the election of congenial pragmatist Hassan Rowhani as the next president, Iran has caught the world off-guard. Emigres, opposition figures and diplomats had written off Friday's vote as a preordained elevation of another anti-Western hard-liner to ...

With the Snowden/NSA imbroglio on the front page, the timing is perfect for Alex Gibney's latest doc, this one about the rise (and fall) of WikiLeaks, its star leaker, Pfc.

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has praised China's "constructive" role in reducing tensions between North and South Korea.