Leaders of Thailand's anti-government ‘Red Shirt’ protesters said on Saturday they would surrender to police next month, but refused to end their rally in the capital's commercial heartland.

The Democratic Peopleo’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Saturday denied involvement in the sinking of a Republic of Korea (RoK) warship near their disputed border, a day after the RoK said an external blast was the most likely cause of the tragedy.

Supporters of Kyrgyzstan's deposed president broke into a regional government office in the southern city of Jalalabad on Saturday in a sign of continuing tension in the Central Asian state.

Two burqa-clad suicide bombers attacked refugees from a Pakistani offensive against the Taliban, killing 41 as they lined up to register for food and other relief supplies.

Tibetans cremated their dead on Saturday after a massive earthquake struck a remote part of China earlier in the week, killing more than 1,000 people and leaving thousands huddled in the cold in makeshift tents.

A suicide bomber blew himself up in the main hospital in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Friday, killing 10 people and triggering chaos and panic on the wards.

Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorim and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglo reiterated on Friday their nations' opposition to new sanctions against Iran, promoting renewed dialogue instead.

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Friday made his army chief the head of national security in a bid to get the military involved as anti-government protesters massed in the streets calling for his downfall.

Kyrgyzstan president's provisional leader said on Friday that her government will push for an international probe of the former president, who has fled the country.

Leaders of Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) on April 15 called for international resistance to trade protectionism in all forms.