Greek PM George Papandreou is to form a new government as he tries to win support for austerity measures demanded by the EU and IMF.  

The Turkish prime minister huddled on June 15 with a special Syrian envoy in an effort to help stem the growing tide of refugees racing into Turkey from conflict-wracked Syria.  

South Sudan's army said it clashed with northern troops in the disputed Abyei border region on June 15, in the latest sign of deteriorating relations in the build-up to the secession of the south in July.  

Workers in Greece are due to stage a general strike, as the parliament meets to debate new austerity measures.  

NATO warplanes attacked Tripoli on June 14 night after Libyan rebels pushed back forces loyal to leader Muammar Gaddafi on three fronts, bringing them closer to the capital.  

More than 300,000 people are still displaced from their homes in Ivory Coast two months after a political crisis was settled in the West African nation, the UN refugee agency said on June 14.

Torrential rain in southern China triggered floods and landslides, killing an unknown number of people and forcing more than 55,000 to leave their homes, Xinhua news agency reported on June 14.

NATO resumed its airstrikes on the Libyan capital of Tripoli late Tuesday, blasting at least two targets just before midnight, after military leaders voiced concerns about sustaining the operations if the alliance mission drags on.

A rebel militia killed 29 people including police and civilians in a south Sudan cattle raid, the southern army said Tuesday, adding to the region's woes ahead of independence in July.

Nineteen inmates have died in armed clashes in a crowded Venezuelan prison, officials said Tuesday, as desperate relatives waited for news in the nation's worst jail uprising in years.