Indonesia mobilises more than 3,000 police in advance of a verdict in the terrorism trial of the radical Muslim cleric, Abu Bakar Ba'asyir.

The hacker group Lulz Security claims it has brought down the public-facing website of the US Central Intelligence Agency.

More than 200 militants storm a Pakistani village near the Afghan border, officials say.

The son of Papua New Guinea's acting Prime Minister Sam Abal is charged with murder after a woman's body was found at the politician's home.

Remains of 104 of the 228 people killed when an Air France jet crashed into the Atlantic in 2009 arrive by boat in France.

US lawmaker Anthony Weiner has told friends that he plans to resign his seat in Congress after an internet sex scandal, US media report.

Gabrielle Giffords, the US congresswoman shot in the head in January, is released from hospital after her cognitive abilities and strength improve.

Agustin Carstens is set to visit China in a bid to drum up support for his bid to head the International Monetary Fund.