In Cuba, flags are flying at half-mast and nine days of mourning are being observed.
Eyewitnesses report seeing a large crowd fleeing for their lives from scene of the incident.
Interim Ukip leader has stopped 'Friday night pub crawls around Westminster' since 8 November.
Dozens of Maute militants occupy key positions in Butig town as Filipino soldiers lay siege.
Hanano was the first neighbourhood captured by the rebels in 2012 in Aleppo.
The US president-elect says 'Fidel Castro's legacy is one of firing squads, theft, unimaginable suffering, poverty'.
The Wisconsin recount has been initiated by Green Party nominee Jill Stein.
Richard Spencer, who led 'Hail Trump' chants, cannot be stopped from speaking at Texas's A&M University.
Commentators expressed dismay as the Canadian premier disregarded the brutality of Castro's regime in a message of condolence.
Critics say President-elect must take responsibility for "alt-right" support.
American and allied forces campaign takes out more Daesh's influential computer experts
The Ukrainian army notified its Russian counterparts it was to carry out tests on 1 and 2 December
In 1932-33 Joseph Stalin starved millions of Ukrainians to death.
The train crashed in the northern province of Semnan on Friday, leaving around 100 injured
Two people tipped to be members of Trump's cabinet also stand to profit from the pipeline.
White Helmets warn inhabitants in desperate need of food and medicine
Cooper exclusively speaks to IBTimes UK about her fight to survive one of Africa's bloodiest wars.
Measure scraps first-past-the-post system and 'incentivises good manners'.
The weeks before Christmas are about more than opening calendars for devout Christians.
The Army Corps of Engineers will close a parcel of land near the Missouri River that has occupied since April
Shabnam Madadzadeh was held for six years in some of Iran's most infamous prisons
Somalia is holding election where 14,000 specially selected voters are picking 275 members of parliament.
Firefighters quelled fires in Haifa, but flames spread to Israeli-occupied settlements near Jerusalem.
River Po bursts its banks in Turin after 171mm of rain fell in just three days.
The President-elect picks Kathleen 'KT' McFarland and Donald McGahn for new positions in the Oval Office.
The new UN sanction is reported to set a cap on the North's coal exports.
Sale of women's prison to generate £2bn for the construction of 5,000 homes.
Ban Ki-Moon celebrates International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls.
An editorial in the Global Times stated that Modi's reform will set a precedent whether or not he succeeds.
Castro's death was announced on Saturday morning by his brother, and Cuba's President Raul Castro.