The world's top central bankers will take center stage on Friday ahead of a G20 meeting which appears set to struggle to make headway on an ambitious French agenda.

Buckingham Palace has confirmed US President Barack Obama will come to the UK on a state visit in May.

One protester was killed and about 50 were injured Thursday in clashes between police and anti-regime protesters in Yemen's capital of Sanaa and southern port city of Aden.

At least one person has been killed in protests across Libya on Thursday in what anti-government activists described as a "Day of Rage".

The U.S. Federal Reserve expressed slightly more optimistic expectation of the U.S. economy, saying the recovery "was on a firmer footing", but high unemployment remains a key challenge of the country.

The ASEAN Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) held its first session in Jakarta on February 16.

At least 32 people have been killed in multiple explosions after an accident at a munitions dump in Tanzania's commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, officials say.

Two passenger trains collided near Buenos Aires on Wednesday, killing at least 4 people and injuring 70 others, local media reported.

Japan suspended its annual Antarctic whale hunt on February 10 after protests from a campaign group. However, it is unclear whether the expedition will be called off permanently.

Anti-government protests inspired by popular revolts that toppled rulers in Tunisia and Egypt are gaining pace around the Middle East and North Africa despite political and economic concessions by governments.