North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has issued a national appeal to speed up work on a "world class" ski resort, which is being built as rival South Korea prepares to host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games.
Homelessness in Australia has surged 17 percent since 2006 mainly due to a spike in migrant numbers, though fewer people are sleeping rough on the streets.
Samsung won a round in its long-running patent battle with Apple on Tuesday when a US trade panel banned the import and sale of some older models of the iPhone and iPad.
Fresh violence erupted early Wednesday as protesters defied a government plea to end days of deadly unrest, the biggest challenge yet to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's decade-long rule.
The International Criminal Court wants more evidence before deciding whether to try Ivorian ex-president Laurent Gbagbo for crimes against humanity for his role in a bloody election standoff two years ago.
"Fast & Furious 6" remained atop the North America box office for a second weekend, but the big story was the spectacular flop for Will Smith's "After Earth."
US Secretary of State John Kerry hinted Monday at a possible way forward in another of the world's "frozen conflicts," saying Washington still aimed to help end the Nagorny-Karabakh dispute.
Kazakhstan’s free-style wrestler Yernur Kabatayev won gold, Zhandos Ismaylov and Bakdaulet Almentay got bronze medals at the 2013 International Junior Wrestling Championship in Ankara, Turkey.
The newly appointed Palestinian prime minister, respected academic Rami Hamdallah, said he would strive to continue the work of his predecessor and that he was ready to stand aside for a Fatah-Hamas unity government.
More than 60 countries on Monday signed a landmark conventional arms trade treaty, but the United States held back from joining the first wave of signatories.
