Bahraini security forces attacked protesters camped out in a square in central Manama square overnight on Wednesday, several witnesses told AFP.

A Somali man who pleaded guilty to piracy has been sentenced in the US to more than 33 years in prison.

Rising food prices have pushed about 44 million people into poverty in developing countries since last June, the World Bank warned on Tuesday.

An Iraqi defector made up claims that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction to help topple his government, Britain's Guardian newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Thai and Cambodian forces briefly exchanged fire early on Tuesday in an ongoing dispute over an ancient Hindu temple on the border, according to a Thai military official.

Peace talks between the Philippine government and communist rebels have resumed in Norway, more than six years after the last round broke down.

Egypt’s military has outlined a timetable to hand power to an elected government, insisting it does not want political power in a country where it propped up an authoritarian state for six decades.

A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent has been shot dead and a second wounded in Mexico.

The schedule of events for the London 2012 Olympic Games has been released.  

President Barack Obama proposed a budget on February 14 that would cut the deficit by US$1.1 trillion over the next 10 years, but Republicans said it did not curb spending deeply enough to meet their demands.