Ireland's Sinn Fein stunned the establishment by beating the two centre-right parties that have led every government in the country's history, but fell just short of winning the most seats.
The two Democrats who led the Iowa caucuses — Senator Bernie Sanders and former mayor Pete Buttigieg — have both requested a recanvass of some caucus results, the Iowa Democratic Party says.
At least 30 people have been killed in Nigeria's northeastern Borno region after suspected Boko Haram Islamists set ablaze several trucks carrying passengers on Sunday night, eyewitnesses and residents told Reuters.
Uganda is scrambling to respond to the biggest locust outbreak that parts of East Africa have seen in decades, while the United Nations is warning the already vulnerable region "simply cannot afford another major shock" to its food supplies.
North Korea continued to enhance its nuclear and ballistic missile programs last year in breach of United Nations sanctions, according to a confidential UN report seen by Reuters on Monday.
