IMAGES from the soccer matches played in Spain and Italy on Saturday
The 61-year-old will be the first woman to lead the agency in its 70-year history.
Jim Mattis in his resignation letter to the US president wrote that he deserved a defence secretary whose views were better aligned with his on these and other subjects.
Ted Cruz on Sunday won all 14 delegates in the Wyoming State Republican convention.
Here's a glimpse of all that happened around the world last month, in 12 images.
A day after 'Super Tuesday' polls, the Republican party leadership appeared to have ganged up against real estate magnate Donald Trump, who has won 10 of 11 state primaries so far, in a last ditch effort to prevent him from becoming the nominee for the November presidential poll.
Asserting that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has become the most well-funded terrorist group in recent memory, two top American senators have urged the Obama Administration to label the outfit as a 'Transnational Criminal Organisation', a designation given to Hezbollah.
Cruz only went as far as congratulating Trump, who was his bitter rival in the primary contests.
Sri Srinivasan could become the first Indian-American to be on the bench of the US Supreme Court after conservative icon Justice Antonin Scalia's sudden death.
Will the world ever realize what is going on? So sad," Republican presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump tweeted.
A Republican lawmaker asked her questions about her husband former United States president Bill Clinton's alleged sexual impropriety.
Former White House contender Christie's endorsement to Trump just ahead of the 'Super Tuesday' -- in which primary elections would be held in 11 states -- is expected to what is supporters said "seal the deal" for the 69-year-old reality TV star-turned-politician.
Leading Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz supported the FBI on the issue.
The economics behind the surprising popularity of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders.
Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, world's most-wanted drug lord who fled through a tunnel from a maximum security prison in a made-for-Hollywood escape that deeply embarrassed the Mexican government and strained the country's ties with the United States six months ago, has been recaptured.
If elected, he would be the first successful businessman without any political experience to become the US president.
The emergence of real estate tycoon Donald Trump as Republican presidential nominee sounded the death-knell for the party establishment, Indian-American former Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has said.
The amendment urges the US to enhance India's military capabilities in the context of combined military planning, and promote co-production/co-development opportunities.
Nearly, 40 per cent of Fortune 500 companies have been founded by immigrants or the children of immigrants.
Trump's transition team spokesman Sean Spicer listed Haley as one of the candidates.
The National Security Agency lost its authority to collect the phone records of millions of Americans, thanks to a new reform measure Congress passed on Tuesday
Former United States President George W Bush campaigned for his younger brother for the first time on Monday night.
These images from across the globe tell that it is a crazy world out there!
The US President told reporters that he and Pompeo are on the same page. "With Mike, Mike Pompeo, we have a very similar thought process. I think it's going to go very well," Trump said.
All companies that have 50% or more employees from outside the US to pay a higher visa fee of $10,000 for each such staffer, against $4,500 at present.
Three deaths have been reported and there are fears of more fatalities.
Announcing his tax reforms Trump said his policies would benefit working families.
The Ig Nobel prizes honour achievements that first make people laugh, and then makes them think.
The White House has ruled out sending Ahmed Abu Khatallah, a key suspect in the attacks at the United States consulate in Benghazi in September 2012, to the Guantanamo Bay terrorist detention center and asserted that he would be tried through the federal court system.
A win for Trump, 69, as latest polls indicate, could very well bring the billionaire real estate magnate very closer to the magical figure of 1,237 delegates needed the win the party's presidential nomination for the November 8 election.
Sri Srinivasan could become the first Indian-American to be on the bench of the US Supreme Court.
The United States and Cuba have announced that they have formally re-established diplomatic relations after 54-year freeze and would reopen embassies in their respective capitals from July 20, a major step towards normalisation of ties between the Cold War foes.
"We must also look beyond this terrible moment and decide what we as a nation are willing to do to prevent hatred, gun violence and domestic terrorism," said Congressman Ann Kirkpatrick from Arizona.
The shooting took place at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando.
The South Carolina governor has become the first woman and minority to join Trump's administration.
United States President Barack Obama has warned that horrific mass shooting incidents like the recent one in Orlando will continue to occur unless tougher gun control laws are adopted.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon denounced the launch and asked North Korea to halt its 'provocative actions' and return to compliance with its international obligations.
US Republican front runner Donald Trump on Thursday came under a brutal attack from party's former presidential nominee Mitt Romney who called him "phony and a fraud".
Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders cruised to early victories in the New Hampshire primary.
The Vermont Senator and Texas senator are closing in on the lead that their competitors - Clinton and Trump hold.
