Turkish riot police fired water cannon to disperse thousands of anti-government demonstrators in Istanbul on Saturday.
Edward Snowden, the former contractor for the US National Security Agency, left Hong Kong on a flight for Moscow on Sunday, said a media report.
International opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad agreed on Saturday to give urgent military support to Western-backed rebels.
Five soldiers have been shot dead after gunmen raided a weapons store in Mozambique, local newspapers have reported.
A Turkish man has staged an eight-hour silent vigil on Istanbul’s Taksim Square, inspiring hundreds of others to follow his lead.
President Jacob Zuma says Nelson Mandela continues to recover in hospital from a lung infection but remains in a serious condition.
Moderate cleric Hassan Rohani won Iran’s presidential election on Saturday with a resounding defeat of conservative hardliners.
North Korea on Sunday offered high-level talks with the United States to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula.
Turkish riot police stormed Gezi Park at the heart of two weeks of protest against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday.
Hassan Rouhani has a lead in Iran’s presidential election, garnering nearly 51% of the vote at 76% of polling stations, says the interior ministry.