Eleven people have died in a stampede at an election rally in Nigeria.

Police officers moved into place in the Algerian capital as protesters planned anti-government rallies on February 11 to push for reforms in the north African nation.  

The top US military officer heads to Jordan and Israel next week for high-level talks meant to reassure key allies at a moment of heightened uncertainty after Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's ouster

Hosni Mubarak has stepped down as president of Egypt, after weeks of protest in Cairo and other cities.  

More than 20 federal ministers were sworn-in on February 11 as part of a move by the Pakistani government to downsize one of the largest Cabinets in the world, a presidential adviser said.  

Colombian FARC rebels on February 12 released a kidnapped local politician and a captive marine to a Red Cross team who flew into the country's southern jungles in the latest rebel hostage handover.  

India and Pakistan said on February 10 that they would resume formal peace talks but issues such as militancy and the disputed Kashmir region are likely to slow any progress toward defusing tensions.

A teenage suicide bomber dressed in school uniform has blown himself up at an army compound in Pakistan, killing at least 31 people, officials say.

Six people were killed and six were injured when a small plane crashed at Cork Airport in southern Ireland on February 10, local officials said.

Counter-terrorism officials from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Japan met in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on February 10 to intensify their efforts in preventing and suppressing terrorism.