The US economy was growing at a slower pace than expected, as the federal and local governments started to slash spending with the spiking public debt becoming a hot-button issue in the world's largest economy.

The Cambodian government on February 24 officially asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to explain the Hague’s verdict in 1962 on the sovereignty of the 11th century Preah Vihear temple.

US President Barack Obama has called the leaders of the UK, France and Italy as international efforts to respond to the crisis in Libya gather pace.

In a packed General Assembly hall, the public repeatedly chanted "Women's rights are human rights" to officially launch UN Women, the newest UN organ fabricated to advocate gender equality and the empowerment of women.

Twenty-seven people were killed in renewed clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and rebel groups in Sudan's Darfur region on Thursday, said a statement issued by the SAF on Friday.

Rescuers scouring Christchurch's earthquake-devastated ruins for survivors said there were no signs of life on Friday, as the death toll climbed to 113.

Russia launched a $650 billion rearmament plan Thursday to counter the West's military dominance by adding eight nuclear submarines and hundreds of warplanes to its armed forces.

President Barack Obama said on Thursday he's confident that markets will be able to ride out the situation in Libya and the price of oil will stabilize.

A suicide bomber blew himself up during a ceremony in a cultural centre in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi Thursday, killing 15 people and wounding 21, government officials and a hospital source said.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who rocked the U.S. government by publishing thousands of secret diplomatic memos, must be extradited to Sweden to face allegations of sexual misconduct, a British judge ruled on Thursday.