The first China-bound freight train carrying British products left London on a 12,000-km journey on Monday, adding another terminal to the rail freight between China and Europe. ....

Foreign Ministers and representatives of the G7 group will meet on Monday and Tuesday in the Italian city of Lucca to discuss Syria and ways to counter the Islamic State (IS) terror group. ....

NASA has postponed the third launch attempt of its super pressure balloon (SPB) from Wanaka, New Zealand, on Monday due to poor weather at ground and surface levels. ....

At least 43 people were killed and 100 injured in two separate bomb attacks carried out by the Islamic State on Coptic churches in Egypt as the Christian faithful observed Palm Sunday, one of the most important days on the religion's calendar. ....

At least 28 people were killed and 90 others were injured in two separate bomb blasts in Egypt on Sunday, officials said. ....

Nine policemen were killed and five injured when the vehicle they were travelling in was struck by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan's Balkh province, officials said on Sunday. ....

A retired Pakistan military officer, who had gone to seek employment in Nepal, has reportedly gone missing, sources said on Saturday. ....

At least 15 civilians including four children were killed in airstrikes in Syria's al-Raqqa city, a UK-based war monitoring group reported on Saturday. ....

A man arrested after a stolen truck ploughed into pedestrians on a busy Stockholm street is being held on suspicion of terror offences and is likely to be the driver of the truck, authorities said on Saturday. ....

Two earthquakes measuring 5.9 and 5.7 on the Richter scale struck Luzon island in the Philippines on Saturday, officials said. ....