Reuters

Saudi Arabia's top Sunni cleric on Saturday branded a deadly attack on Shi'ite Muslims a bid to sow chaos.

Nepali authorities urged thousands of villagers on Sunday to move to safety after a landslide likely triggered by recent earthquakes blocked a river, raising fears of a devastating flash flood.

Komorowski, 62, has been criticized for running a lackluster campaign, jumping to life only after his loss in the first round.

"Up to now a lot of gay people felt they were tolerated in Ireland. Now we know that it's much more than that."

Residents said the air raids hit a munitions store in one of the bases, setting off a large explosion which sent rockets flying into the air.

A Tuareg-dominated rebel coalition says the Malian soldiers were taken captive in the town of Tesset.

Texas allows a person to use deadly force with legal arms in self-defense if they believe such force is immediately necessary to protect against someone using deadly force against them.

The vote came after the Senate narrowly blocked the "USA Freedom Act," a bill that would end the bulk telephone data collection and replace it with a more targeted program.

Mario Draghi says countries should act quickly on recommendations the central bank has made to complete economic and monetary union.

Al-Shabab launched an attack on government troops on Friday evening in the Awdigle district and Mubarak village in the Lower Shabelle region.

"We are on the final stretch of a painful period shaped by the government's negotiations with the institutions," Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said.

The fall of Ramadi, the Anbar provincial capital, to Islamic State on May 17 could be a shattering blow to Baghdad's weak central government.

One Ukrainian serviceman was killed and five wounded in clashes between government forces and Russian-backed separatists over the past 24 hours, despite a ceasefire.

Pictures posted online overnight by the group's supporters showed fighters raising a flag over Syria's historic city of Palmyra.

Irish voters appear to have voted heavily in favor of allowing same-sex marriage in a historic referendum in the traditionally Catholic country.

The convoy of Shi'ite militia fighters and Iraqi army forces set out toward areas controlled by Islamic State group militants.

The carcasses of five petroleum-soaked pelicans have been recovered from California's Santa Barbara coastline, the first documented animal fatalities from the spill.

Government prosecutors are investigating the company at the center of the California oil spill for possible criminal sanctions, said the district attorney of Santa Barbara, which helped spawn the modern environmental movement.

A month-long review conference on the 1970 nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ended in failure on Friday after its members were unable to overcome disagreements on an atomic weapons ban for the Middle East.

A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday ruled that tobacco companies cannot be forced to announce publicly that they deliberately deceived the public over the health risks of cigarettes.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the commissioner of the state Department of Motor Vehicles had "broad discretion" to decide which plates to permit.

At least 39 people were killed on Friday in western Mexico during a fight between armed civilians and security forces, two government officials said, the latest bloodshed in an area that has been plagued by violent drug gangs.

David Cameron is on a drive to reform the 28-nation European Union.

Asian countries will own between 72-75 percent of the bank, while European and other nations will own the rest.

A research firm unveiled details of a Fed meeting a day before the central bank's record of the discussions was made public.

Hewlett-Packard Co. will sell a controlling 51 percent stake in its China-based data-networking business to China's Tsinghua Unigroup for at least $2.3 billion, forming a partnership designed to create a Chinese technology powerhouse.

After three people were killed and seven wounded in shootings during a motorcycle rally last year in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Gov. Nikki Haley and others called for an end to an event that draws thousands to the family-friendly beach town.

Russia's media watchdog has written to Google, Twitter and Facebook warning them against violating Russian Internet laws and a spokesman said on Thursday they risk being blocked if they do not comply with the rules.

Trinity Mirror, owner of the Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror tabloids, said it was considering an appeal against the High Court ruling.