The European Commission announced on Monday it would provide emergency food aid to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), amid growing fears of a worsening hunger crisis in the country.
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro predicted on Sunday that his leftist ally Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez would win his battle against cancer, for which he is being treated in a Cuban hospital.
Britons will be urged to buy insurance to cover the potential costs of care in their old age while the cash-strapped government will also be asked to shoulder more of the financial burden, a report will recommend on Monday.
Organizers of a Gaza-bound flotilla said Sunday they have not abandoned their plans to breach Israel's sea blockade of the territory despite a Greek government ban on their vessels leaving the country's ports.
Thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets in the capital of Caracas Sunday to show support for President Hugo Chavez who is recovering in Cuba after a surgery on a cancerous tumor.
The US Coast Guard says it is helping to search for a small plane that may have crashed off eastern Puerto Rico.
A pipeline carrying gas from Egypt to Israel and Jordan has been hit hit by explosion, Egyptian security sources said on Monday.
Muammar Gaddafi is welcome to live out his retirement inside Libya as long as he gives up all power, Libya's rebel chief said in the clearest concession the rebels have so far offered.
Like millions of his fellow Moroccans, Ibrahim Alami, 25, felt very proud that he contributed to last Friday's landslide vote in favor of a new constitution.
Representatives from 35 countries are meeting in Germany to discuss how to overcome disputes over reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Libyan rebel forces massing southwest of Tripoli were gearing up for a new advance to the capital in the next two days after they were pushed back by government troops earlier in the week.
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was released from house arrest Friday after prosecutors acknowledged serious questions about the credibility of the hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault.