Luxembourg tops the ranking of Europe’s wealthiest households followed by Cyprus while Germany is at the bottom, according to a survey report released by the European Central Bank.

The 193-nation U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved the first-ever treaty on the global arms trade that seeks to regulate the $70 billion international business in conventional arms ranging from light weapons to battle tanks and warships.

Scientists said they may be close to tracking down the mysterious “dark matter” which makes up more than a quarter of the universe but has never been seen.

The 2,000-year-old Jobar Synagogue in the Syrian capital of Damascus was looted and burned to the ground.

“Mixed” schools with secular and religious children have been around since the 1980s but the trend has been gaining momentum.

Chinese scientists say they have developed the world’s lightest material, which they expect to play an important role in tackling pollution.

US President Barack Obama was dazzled at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem by a display of revolutionary technological innovations that promoted the idea that the world is a better and healthier place because of the existence of the Jewish state.

Before he got involved in the global war on drugs, João Goulão was a family physician with his own practice in Faro, on Portugal’s Algarve coast.

Russia is going to do more to ease the debt burden on African countries, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

Speaking in Jerusalem, Obama said: “Every country that values justice should call Hezbollah what it truly is—a terrorist organization.”