Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Yemen's capital on September 26, rejecting claims President Ali Abdullah Saleh made in a televised address.

Anti-Gaddafi fighters have breached the former Libya leader's hometown of Sirte from the east for the first time, as their three-day long assault continues.

World stocks fell toward the previous week's 14-month low on September 26 and the euro hit a 10-year low against the yen as doubts grew over Europe's latest steps to solve debt problems.

Palestinian National Authority (PNA) President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have taken to the podium of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to outline their vision for how to proceed with the stalled Middle East peace process.

Up to nine people were killed and some 90 others wounded in a spate of bomb attacks in Iraq's holy Shi'ite city of Karbala south of Baghdad on September 25, the police said.

A mass grave believed to contain up to 1,270 bodies has been found in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, says the National Transitional Council (NTC).

French President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative government has lost its majority in the Senate for the first time in recent French history.

Legal experts of ASEAN countries discussed the Initiative for a Zone of Peace, Freedom, Friendship and Cooperation in the East Sea at a meeting in the Filipino capital city of Manila from September 22-24.

Southeast Asian nations launched a nearly $500 million fund to build infrastructure, pooling resources in hopes of closing the gap between the dynamic region and major wealthy economies

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday proposed Vladimir Putin as presidential candidate for 2012, almost certainly guaranteeing Putin's return to the office four years after he was legally forced to step aside.