The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that the risks facing the world economy have increased.

Heavy rains and ensuing floods continue to plague southern parts of China, affecting millions of people and hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland.

Pakistani war planes pounded a militant stronghold in a tribal district on the Afghan border in an operation that left 25 insurgents dead, the military said on June 19.

Nato has admitted "a weapons systems failure" may have led to civilian casualties in Sunday morning's air strike in the Libyan capital, Tripoli.

Japanese video game developer Sega Corp said on June 19 that information belonging to 1.3 million customers has been stolen from its database, the latest in a rash of global cyber attacks against video game companies.

Demonstrations are expected later in Moroccan cities after reformists said constitutional changes proposed by King Mohammed VI do not go far enough.

Libya has accused NATO of killing at least five people in an air strike that hit a house in the capital Tripoli.

Eleven civilians were killed on June 18 in an armed attack by a rebel group in Sudan's Darfur region, reported Sudanese Ashrouq TV channel.

Syrian troops and gunmen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad stormed a town near the Turkish border on June 18, burning houses and arresting dozens, witnesses said, in a persistent military campaign to crush popular revolt.

A meeting of international and regional organizations on Libya hosted by the Arab League (AL) on June 18 asserted the significant role of the UN in settling the Libyan crisis.