It was all sunshine, smiles and celebratory speeches as officials marked the arrival of an undersea fiber-optic cable they promised would end Cuba's Internet isolation and boost web capacity 3,000-fold. Even a retired Fidel Castro had hailed the dawn of a new cyber-age on the island.
Gay rights activists in Guyana are calling for the South American nation to repeal cross-dressing and sodomy laws.
Pilgrims to one of former Soviet Georgia's most renowned monasteries, part of which lies in Azerbaijan, are again able to visit the entire complex after an agreement between the countries' border police.
An abandoned hamlet in central France will find a new life with a noted photographer from New York state who has bought the place - stables and all.
Gunmen in eastern Congo burst into the home of a United Nations field worker, opening fire and killing him over the weekend, according to a statement published Monday on the website of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner.
Albanian authorities say a bus carrying university students fell off a cliff, killing 11 people and injuring 22 others.
The widow of a Northern Ireland policeman killed by Irish Republican Army die-hards condemned the length of prison sentences imposed Monday on his murderers, saying they were too short to deter more attacks by IRA factions.
Indian authorities have dropped charges against Tibetan Buddhism's third most important leader involving $1.35 million in cash discovered at his monastery in northern India.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waded into one of Israel's deepest political morasses on Monday, urging lawmakers to find a "just" replacement for a law that has exempted tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews from compulsory military service.
The man who ran Libya's extensive spy network and was considered one of the closest confidants of ex-leader Moammar Gadhafi was indicted in Mauritania on Monday and transferred to a public jail, according to a justice official.
The Mexican army said Monday that the top leaders of the hyper-violent Zetas drug cartel ordered underlings to leave 49 mutilated bodies in a northern Mexico town square, and then hung banners around the country denying responsibility.
Bahraini officials defended the Gulf kingdom's record before the U.N.'s top human rights body Monday by insisting that the government has moved to investigate alleged abuses and compensate victims during the 15-month uprising by majority Shiites against the ruling Sunni monarchy.
The office of Italian Premier Mario Monti says he will attend the funeral of a 16-year-old girl killed in a bombing outside a school in southern Italy that also injured four other young women.
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will finally get a chance to deliver her acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize, nearly 21 years after winning the prestigious award.
The founder of the environmental activist group Sea Shepherd has left a German jail after a court ordered him freed on bail pending a decision on whether he will be extradited to Costa Rica.