Iraqi local TV reported on Saturday that intelligence officials had revealed the death of Islamic State's second powerful commander after Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in an air-strike.
The number of casualties in Colombia's landslide that covered villages earlier on Saturday, has risen to 154 people with dozens more left injured, Reuters reported.
Following demonstrations in French Guiana, France proposed financial aide in the amount of one billion euros on Saturday, government officials reported.
An anti-terrorism operation in Bangladesh resulted in the killing of three Islamic State militants on Saturday, the head of the local counter-terrorism department reported.
The Sikorsky S-92 helicopter's black box denied any mechanical faults at the time it crashed in Ireland while containing four people, officials from the country's investigation unit claimed.
At least 112 people were killed and 120 more injured in a landslide in Colombia's Putumayo province when mud covered houses at night, officials reported on Saturday.
A Chinese academic who resides in Australia claimed on Saturday that he was given permission to board a flight home after he was suspended and brought into questioning days earlier.
Cuban doctors performed a successful operation on Bolivia's President Evo Morales' vocal chords, local government officials claimed on Saturday.
A Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli police after he attacked three people in Jerusalem, including one of the officers that were chasing him.
A bomb blast in Tanta, Egypt, left at least 16 people injured, including 13 police officers who were at the police training centre near the explosion.
Due to demonstrations and condemnation from other countries, the Venezuelan court reversed the decision to abolish the congress led by opposition on Saturday.
Demonstrations in Paraguay turned out fatal for one protester, media reported on Saturday. The protests broke out after a secret vote that would allow the current president to run for another term.
A probe on internet users who were urging people to protest in Moscow on Sunday was launched by Russian investigators who are accusing them of anti-government activities.
Reuters reported on Saturday that along with other post-military rule reforms, Myanmar is training women in order to cut numbers of child-birth related deaths.
The conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon warned that France might face the same fate as Greece, as the country's debt forces to seek billions of euros every day on international markets.
The US President Donald Trump's orders on trade deficit and import duty evasion indicate that Washington seeks to avoid free trade and international agreements, the Germany Economy Minister said.
China's manufacturing production rose for the ninth consecutive month in March, but less than expected amid a slowdown in new export orders, a private survey revealed.
China plans to establish a new economic zone, the Xiongan New Area, in the polluted province of Hebei to promote integration with Beijing and Tianjin, the government announced.
Mauls Gigaba, South Africa's Finance Minister, announced a swing to the left and expressed his intentions to radically transform the South African economy, while keeping fiscal stability.
Britain's role in European security is unconditional, the Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said, denying the government had threatened to reduce collaboration if there was no post-Brexit trade deal.
Egypt has been trying to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which will top the agenda of the Egyptian-US summit in Washington. Peaceful settlement in Palestine means stability for the whole region.
The US President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner, hold assets worth $240M and $740M, documents released by the White House showed.
Since March 2012, China has issued over 98M chipped passports, which contain personal information of a bearer, the Ministry of Public Security reported.
Gazprom predicts a bigger output in 2017 compared with the preceding year amid a robust first quarter and increased consumption of gas in Europe. In 2016, gas exports to Europe grew 12.5%.