Scores of social and civic groups are backing the Occupy Wall Street protest movement around the world. At the site of the original Occupy demonstration in New York, a group of Muslims held Friday prayers in a show of support for the anti-corporate movement.

Anti-capitalist protesters set up a second campsite in London's financial district on Saturday, after a first encampment they established a week ago forced St Paul's Cathedral to close.

Police broke up a Sydney protest camp inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement in an early morning raid on Sunday, making dozens of arrests, said police and protesters.

The US has reached agreement with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to resume searching for the remains of American soldiers killed during the Korean War after a six-year halt.

NATO called an end to its air war in Libya, and the clan of Muammar Gaddafi demanded a chance to bury the body that lay on display in a meat locker after a brutal and chaotic death.

The UN Security Council has urged Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to resign immediately after months of anti-government protests.

President Barack Obama vowed on Friday to pull all US troops from Iraq this year, symbolically ending the war but dashing US hopes of leaving a few thousand troops to buttress a still shaky Iraq and offset neighbouring Iran's influence.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other top US officials pressed Pakistani leaders to do more against militant groups during the second day of her visit to Islamabad.

Eurozone finance ministers have approved the next tranche of Greek bailout loans, potentially saving the country from a disastrous default.

Two unrelated explosions involving fireworks have killed at least 16 people, said Peruvian authorities.