A new video released by Islamist militant group Boko Haram claimed to show around 130 girls kidnapped from a school in Nigeria last month, BBC reported Monday.
North Korea Monday defended recent racist slurs, including "evil black monkey", fired off at US President Barack Obama through its state media.
The European Union (EU) Monday added 13 people to the list of those subject to targeted sanctions for alleged actions "undermining Ukraine's territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence".
The ongoing Russia-Ukraine stand-off may jeopardise natural gas supplies to the European countries despite Moscow's efforts to abide by contracts, a senior official said Monday.
India-born Hinduja brothers, Srichand and Gopichand Hinduja, have emerged as the richest men in Britain with a net wealth of 11.9 billion pounds (about $20 billion), according to a report.
Exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen has been diagnosed with breast tumours at a hospital in New York. Doctors found the tumours "quite big" and advised her biopsy to check on possible malignancy, bdnews24.com reported.