Torchlit processions have been held in towns and cities across Norway to remember the victims of Friday's twin attacks by Anders Behring Breivik.

At least 27 people have been killed in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi in violence since July 24, police and hospital sources say.

The UN envoy to Libya and the Benghazi-based rebel council discussed on Monday ideas for ending the civil war, but said a firm initiative had yet to take shape.

An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale jolted Japan's northeastern Fukushima Prefecture and its vicinity early July 25, said the Japan Meteorological Agency.

China sacked three senior railway officials on July 24 after a collision between two high-speed trains killed at least 35 people and raised new questions about the safety of the fast-growing rail network.

More than 1,000 people have been arrested in a crackdown on human trafficking and sexual exploitation in Ciudad Juarez, officials in Mexico say.

A city official married the first couple in New York City to wed under the state's new law allowing same-sex marriage on July 24.

At least 32 people died when a high-speed train smashed into a stalled train in China's eastern Zhejiang province Saturday, state media said, raising new questions about the safety of the fast-growing rail network.

A top Indian government panel has approved a plan to allow foreign direct investment (FDI) in the country's vast retail market in what would be one of the country's biggest economic reforms.

In the wake of Norway's terrorist attack, the European police agency is setting up a task force of more than 50 experts to help investigate non-Islamist threats in Scandinavian countries, its spokesman told AP on Saturday.