Thousands of protesters spilled into the streets of Egypt on January 25, an unprecedented display of anti-government rage inspired in part by the tumult in the nearby North African nation of Tunisia.

Russia needs Israeli-style airport security in the wake of a suspected suicide bombing in Moscow, the country's president has said.

Media raises public awareness of arm race and promotes to arms control and disarmament for international and regional peace, security and stability

The Republic of Korea (RoK) will soon propose holding talks with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) that could pave the way for a resumption of six-party negotiations aimed at ending Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions in return for aid, an official said on January 24.

A suicide bomber killed at least 35 people at Russia’s busiest airport on January 24, state TV said, in an attack on the capital that bore the hallmarks of militants fighting for an Islamist state in the North Caucasus region.

Supporters of Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri have taken to the streets in protest against efforts by Hezbollah to form the next government.

Tunisian police have detained two politicians close to ousted President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.

The Miyazaki Prefectural government January 24 redoubled its efforts to combat the outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus in the prefecture, located on the eastern coast of the island of Kyushu in southwestern Japan.

Parts of the south-eastern Australian state of Victoria are braced for the approach of a giant lake of floodwater 55 miles (90km) long, as Australia's severe flooding problems continue.

Officials in Brazil say more than 800 people are now known to have died in floods and landslides in the south-east of the country this month.