Kenya: Somalis to leave next week
Kenya says it is providing planes to fly home members of Somalia's government in exile, who have been in Kenya for nearly three years.
Haiti: Police in deadly gang raids
A number of people have been killed in police raids in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, after the government vowed to crack down on gangs.
Darfur: Annan upset over devastation after visit
UN chief Kofi Annan has called for rapid action to end violence in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, during a visit he described as "heart-wrenching".
France: Key EU charter vote begins
France has launched a key referendum that may decide the fate of the new European Union constitution.
Zimbabwe: Major police crackdown
Almost 10,000 people have been arrested since Wednesday in a police operation in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare.
Solution on Kashmir ‘within grasp’
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and Indian leader, Manmohan Singh, has soon a solution to the dispute over Kashmir.
East Timor: UN peacekeepers to leave
United Nations peacekeepers are leaving East Timor as part of a major scaling-down of the UN mission there.
Uzbekistan: Many dead after protests
Residents of Andijan say they fear hundreds have been killed during the suppression of mass protests there.
Iraq: Suicide bombs cause carnage
A wave of blasts in Iraq from suicide bombers have killed more than 60 people and injuring more than 100 in the bloodiest day since February.
Afghanistan: Ammunition blast ‘kills 28’
A massive blast at an illegal munitions store in northern Afghanistan has killed 28 people and injured many others, officials say.