A teenage suicide bomber killed at least 19 army recruits and wounded 26 others on February 10 when he blew himself up at a military training center in northwest Pakistan, military and police officials said.

Russian authorities on February 9 revealed the name of the suicide bomber who killed 36 people in an attack at a Moscow airport and arrested his siblings, local reports said.

NATO named on February 9 the British ambassador to Iran, Simon Gass, as its new top civilian envoy in Afghanistan, replacing his fellow countryman Mark Sedwill.

Thailand will hold a general election in the first half of this year if there is no resurgence of political violence, said Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on February 9.

The Republic of Korea (RoK) on February 9 accepted “in principle” a proposal by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to hold Red Cross talks on humanitarian issues.

The UN Security Council on Wednesday lauded the final results of the south Sudan referendum, which showed that an overwhelming majority of voters opted for secession.

The US administration has stepped up its criticism of Egypt's leadership after a 16th consecutive day of protests against the rule of President Hosni Mubarak.

Seven were killed and 68 wounded in three car bomb attacks in Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk on Wednesday, a local police source and a police chief said.

Cambodian and Thai troops clashed on Monday for a fourth straight day as the UN chief called for "maximum restraint" in a border dispute that has claimed seven lives and displaced thousands.

The Thai-Cambodian border dispute should be resolved bilaterally, Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said on Tuesday after his meeting with Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya.