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Some 7,000 US and Filipino troops Monday began their annual 11-day military exercise on disputed South China Sea waters, amid a tense territorial dispute between Beijing and Manila.

One of the buildings attacked by armed insurgents during their raids on Afghan institutions and foreign embassies in several provinces, including the capital Kabul.

Talks in Istanbul involving P51 countries and Iran over Tehran's controversial nuclear program have ended with a commitment to further talks that are scheduled to take place in Baghdad next month.

Displaced men wait to be registered at Jalozai camp in Pakistan.

North Koreans and the world, for the first time, heard the country's new, young leader, Kim Jong Un, speak in public Sunday.

The international community has strongly condemned the military takeover of power in the west African nation of Guinea-Bissau two weeks before a presidential runoff election.

U.S. President Barack Obama, attending a two-day regional summit in Cartagena, Colombia, said Saturday Washington wants deeper economic relations in the western hemisphere, but that existing barriers hamper greater integration.

Security Council in session.

The Philippines Thursday said it has withdrawn its largest warship from a simmering stand-off with Chinese boats in the South China Sea, but the dispute remains far from over with both countries deploying non-military boats in the disputed area.

An uneasy calm prevailed in Syrian cities after a ceasefire proposed by UN envoy Kofi Annan came into force Thursday morning even as Western countries doubted President Bashar al-Assad's intentions to hold on to the truce plan.