A group of militants were holed up inside Pakistan's naval aviation base on Monday, six hours after they stormed the installation with guns and grenades, killing at least five people and blowing up a military aircraft.

Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty announced on Sunday that he is seeking the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

U.S. director Terrence Malick's long-awaited film "The Tree of Life" won the Palme d'Or prize for best picture at the Cannes film festival on Sunday.

A string of explosions killed at least 13 people and wounded 74 in the Baghdad area on Sunday, including a suicide bombing targeting Iraqi soldiers north of the capital, security officials said.

Afghan security forces have surrounded a government building in a volatile eastern province after at least four Taliban insurgents, including suicide bombers, staged a brazen assault on Sunday, government officials said.

Trade ministers from 21 APEC member economies have pledged to deepen consultations and forge ahead with the pursuit of APEC's central mission of promoting free and open trade and investment.

Landslides have hit an orphanage near the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, killing 16 people, almost all of them children, officials say.

Singapore's new cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, was sworn into office on May 21, in the witness of President S. R. Nathan.

Spain is poised to begin voting in regional elections as thousands of young protesters remain camped out in squares across the country.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bluntly told President Barack Obama on May 21 his vision of how to achieve Middle East peace was unrealistic, exposing a deep divide that could doom any US bid to revive peace talks.