Russian President Vladimir Putin ranked as the world's most powerful leader in a 2013 Forbes list for 'most powerful leader' list released on Wednesday, reported Agence France Presse. It marked the first time in three years that U.S. President Barack Obama dropped to second place on the magazine's list.

Chinese police have detained five suspects following Monday's deadly crash in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, which has been identified as a suicide terrorism attack in which thee people deliberately drove an SUV into the square, leaving five people dead and dozens hurt, CNN reported. The attack was described as 'carefully planned, organized and premeditated," police said on their official page online.

New York's State's Attorney General Eric Schneiderman launched an investigation Tuesday into Macy's Inc. and Barneys New York as black customers complained they were being racially profiled by police after they had made luxury purchases.