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UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned on Thursday that Syria risks a "catastrophic civil war" even as armed rebels threatened fresh action against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad unless it adheres to the six-point peace plan by Friday.

North Korea has proclaimed itself a nuclear power in its revised constitution, a claim which was rejected quickly by both the US and South Korea.

With global economic concerns looming large, this was supposed to be a forum to discuss South East Asian economy but with "The Lady" at the centre of attraction, the World Economic Forum held in the Thai capital fast turned to be the Aung San Suu Kyi show.

Egypt’s state of emergency law, which has existed for the past 31 years, is expected to officially end Friday.
Sarah Leah Whitson, director of Human Rights Watch’s Middle East and North Africa division, said the government has often used the law as a tyrannical tool against Egyptians for the last three decades.

Satellite images obtained by a U.S. research organization suggest Iran may be trying to wipe traces of nuclear weapon testing from a key military site.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Russia's failure to take decisive action against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad "is going to help contribute" to the very civil war officials in Moscow say they are helping to avoid.

US President Barack Obama has sparked a diplomatic row with an angry Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk Wednesday seeking an apology from him over his reference to a "Polish death camp" at a high profile White House event the previous day.

Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has clinched the Republican presidential nomination in the Texas primary, a victory that has put him at the top in the delegate chase.

Major-General Robert Mood (centre) in the town of Al-Rastan, Homs province, Syria.

Special Representative Ján Kubiš.