At least 12 people, including a 10-year-old girl, were injured when some gunmen opened fire during Mother's Day parade in New Orleans city of Louisiana in the US.

Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu is "fully determined" to try to halt sales by Russia of advanced missiles to Syria when he visits Moscow for talks with President Vladimir Putin, a minister said on Sunday.

Several stalwarts of Pakistani politics, including ex-Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, bit the dust in the polls which saw a large number of people exercising their vote for a historic democratic transition in the country.

PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has made a triumphant return to the centre stage of Pakistani politics at a time when the country is bedeviled by immense problems ranging from a tanking economy, corruption to Taliban insurgency.

PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif's daughter on Sunday said her father, who was set to become Pakistani premier for a third time, will not disappoint the people and will "deliver".

Cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan's ex-wife Jemima Khan has hailed the success of his political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, which was set to form government in the restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.

Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) on Saturday’s night conceded defeat to rival Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in the landmark general elections in which it is set to emerge as second largest party.

Iranian election authorities say several new high-profile politicians including hardliners, reformists, and allies of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have registered for the June 14 presidential elections.

A rare photo of Mao Zedong, Chinese Communist Party icon, has been sold for USD 55,300 at an auction signifying his continuing popularity in China, 27 years after his death.

A Slovak street performer dressed in white papal vestments has been detained and fined by the police in Rome for bearing too close a resemblance to the late John Paul II, the police said on Friday.