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Smoke drifts into the sky from buildings and houses hit by shelling in Homs, Syria.

More than 20 people have been killed in western Burma's Rakhine State, as international pressure mounts for an end to the sectarian fighting between ethnic-Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims.

Pakistan is downplaying a breakdown in U.S.-Pakistan negotiations on the re-opening of supply routes to NATO forces in Afghanistan.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is deeply concerned over an increase in the level of violence in Syria and calls for an immediate end to the fighting there, his spokesperson said today.

The United States announced additional exceptions from U.S. financial sanctions on Iran Monday. These exemptions will go to countries that have significantly reduced their imports of Iranian oil.

A strict curfew has been imposed in parts of western Myanmar under the state of emergency following deadly clashes between Buddhists and minority Muslims.

A pregnant woman and four of her relatives were killed Monday when a roadside explosion ripped through the ambulance in which she was being taken to a maternity hospital.

Somali militant group Al Shabaab has offered 10 camels for the information leading to the capture of President Barack Obama and 10 chickens for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, mocking at US' bounty on the commanders of the Al Qaeda affiliated terrorist outfit.

CAIRO A fresh crisis gripped Egypt as liberals walked out of a meeting to select members of a panel to draft the country's new constitution, accusing Islamists of trying to grab seats meant for secular parties.