Police discovered on February 6 the remains of five men discarded along the highway between Monterrey and Reynosa, in northern Mexico, Notimex reported.  

Sudan's president promised a future of freedom and open government on January 5 in a strikingly conciliatory speech following a week of small protests in Sudan and an uprising in neighboring Egypt.

Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov has said his forces will carry out more attacks and that Russia faces a year of "blood and tears" if it refuses to abandon its North Caucasus territories.

Apparent fissures in Egypt's regime surfaced on February 5 as key members of the embattled ruling party, including President Hosni Mubarak's once heir-apparent son, resigned their party leadership posts and the vice president began talks with opposition leaders.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US State Secretary Hillary Clinton will exchange the instruments of ratification for the New START arms reduction treaty on February 5.

The two-hour clash between Thai and Cambodian troops near Phu Ma Khua area of Si Sa Ket on February 4 killed at least two people - one Thai villager and one Cambodian soldier - and left several people injured.

The 47th Munich Security Conference was held from 4 - 6 February this year and will once again bring together senior figures from around the world to engage in an intensive debate on current and future security challenges.

Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians marched peacefully in Cairo on February 4 to demand an immediate end to Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule, but there was no sign of the army or the president's US allies forcing him out just yet.

At least seven people were killed and six others wounded February 6 when a plane crashed at an airport in Iraq's northern Kurdish city of Suleimaniyah, a local official website said.

Brazil on Tuesday assumed the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council for a period of one month.