The US Navy intercepted a Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) ship suspected of carrying an illegal shipment of missile parts to Myanmar two weeks ago on June 12.

Jordan's King Abdullah II announced sweeping reforms in a nationally televised address on June 12, promising to establish a parliamentary majority government -- a key demand of protesters calling for changes to the regime.  

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde stretched her lead in the race for the IMF's top job on June 12 when Indonesia became the first big developing economy to back her publicly.

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has promised to build consensus with opposition parties, after securing a third term in office.

The Syrian army has taken control of the northern town of Jisr al-Shughour following what state media has described as heavy fighting.

At least 34 people have been killed and 90 wounded after two explosions ripped through a market in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, police say.

At least 4,300 people have now fled violence in Syria to seek refuge in Turkey, a senior Turkish official says.

The commander of an Afghan police force and two others were killed in a suicide bomb attack on June 11 in eastern Afghanistan, a provincial council official said.

Somali Interior Minister Abdi Shakur Sheikh Hassan has been killed in a suicide attack at his home in the capital, Mogadishu.  

South Sudan's army accused the north on June 10 of bombing a southern border village and said southern forces were getting ready to defend against a possible ground attack.