Kenya said that it will close the world's largest refugee camp in 2016 because the facility housing Somalis displaced by decades of war poses an 'existential threat'.
Several schools across the UK were forced to shut down after receiving calls threatening to bomb, shoot and behead children, sparking panic among parents.
Human remains retrieved from the crash site of EgyptAir flight 804 carrying 66 onboard suggest there was an explosion that may have brought down the aircraft in the east Mediterranean.
More than 148 people were killed in bombings claimed by the Islamic State group in northwestern Syria, the deadliest attacks yet in the regime's coastal heartland.
About 300 passengers and crew members were evacuated from a Korean Air Boeing 777 at Tokyo's Haneda airport after one of the engines caught fire.
US military announced a 30-day period of mourning at its bases on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, where the killing of a woman has reignited resentment of the heavy US military presence in the region. A 32-year-old American civilian working at a US military base in Okinawa was arrested this month for dumping the body of the 20-year-old Japanese woman, a procedural step in murder cases.
Supporters of the slain Taliban chief held funeral prayers across Pakistan for Mullah Akhtar Mansour, killed in a US drone attack last week.
Having already expanded its influence in Nepal with road and rail network through Tibet, China is now looking to stretch its railway link to Bihar to improve connectivity with India and South Asia.
Barack Obama's visit to Hiroshima drew raves on social media and from many of the thousands who turned up to witness the historic event. It also spawned a huge queue of well-wishers eager to snap a picture of the white-flower wreath that Obama placed in front of a cenotaph to victims at the city's Peace Memorial Park.
Here's a look at the important events in the world this week.