The death toll from a series of clashes between troops and the anti-government protesters on May 14 in Thailand's capital Bangkok rose to 16, Erawan's Bangkok Emergency Medical Service Center said.

Indonesian security forces say they have uncovered a militant plot to assassinate the president and kill foreigners in a Mumbai-style attack.

Twenty-eight wedding guests were electrocuted on May 14 as an overhead cable came in contact with their bus in central India, police said.

A suicide bombing at a football stadium in northern Iraq has killed 10 people and injured 120 others, police say.

President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on May 13 called for the speeding up of six-nation negotiations on a UN sanctions resolution against Iran over its nuclear program.

Violence flared in the Thai capital on May 14 as troops confronted groups of protesters around a major commercial district following overnight fighting that killed one and wounded nine, including a rogue general.

Three people from Pakistan were taken into custody on May 13 in raids in the Northeast by federal agents in connection with the failed Times Square car bombing.

A bomb has exploded outside a maximum security prison near the Greek capital, Athens, police say.

Wenchuan is marking the second anniversary of the devastating 2008 earthquake in Southwest China's Sichuan province.

A Libyan Airbus jet crashed early on Wednesday as it tried to land at Tripoli airport, killing 103 people on board and leaving a Dutch boy the sole survivor, said Libyan officials.