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A weekend NATO strike has left dead two Al Qaeda leaders, including the second in command of the terror network in Afghanistan, an official statement said Tuesday, a claim denied by Taliban.

The US military on Tuesday denied a report that its commandos have been landing in North Korea to spy on underground military facilities there.

Mohamed Ibrahim el-Sayyed, 42, lost a lot to Egypt’s revolution - his brother was killed during the initial 18-day uprising that led to former president Hosni Mubarak’s ouster, and his son was killed in one of the many bouts of clashes between protesters and police that have marked the post-Mubarak transitional period.

Special Adviser for Yemen Jamal Benomar.

Two men have set themselves ablaze outside a temple popular with tourists in Lhasa, the first sign that self immolation protests against the Chinese rule have reached the heavily guarded Tibetan capital.

In a startling revelation, the United Nations has said it had evidence that a rebellion in the Democratic Republic of Congo is being supported militarily by the neighbouring Rwanda.

An official of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said the sub-regional group has made enormous progress since its founding 37 years ago.

Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the League of Arab States on the Syrian Crisis, Kofi Annan.

An explosion tore through a clothing shop in downtown Nairobi Monday. Police say at least 28 people were injured, but the cause of the blast was not immediately known.

The US military has denied reports that its special forces have parachuted into North Korea to gather intelligence on that country's underground military installations, saying a source had been misquoted.