The Foreign Ministers of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) member states have jointly issued a Bali Commemorative Declaration to pay tribute to the founders of NAM and former leaders of its member states.

Nuclear fuel rods in two more reactors at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan are believed to have melted during the first week of the nuclear crisis, the owner of the facility said on Tuesday.

Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Company said Tuesday it believed most of the fuel had melted at two more reactors at its tsunami-stricken nuclear power plant.

Traces of DNA from former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn have been found on the clothes of a chambermaid who accused him of sexual assault, NBC television reported on Monday.

U.S. President Barack Obama accompanied by First Lady Michelle Obama began his three-day state visit to Britain on Monday night.

Afghan security forces have surrounded a government building in a volatile eastern province after at least four Taliban insurgents, including suicide bombers, staged a brazen assault on Sunday, government officials said.

Singapore's new cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, was sworn into office on May 21, in the witness of President S. R. Nathan.

Trade ministers from 21 APEC member economies have pledged to deepen consultations and forge ahead with the pursuit of APEC's central mission of promoting free and open trade and investment.

 

Dominique Strauss-Kahn has resigned as head of the International Monetary Fund, saying he needs to devote all his energy to fight charges that he sexually assaulted a hotel maid.

Mexican authorities said they found and detained more than 500 illegal immigrants from Central America and Asia who were crammed inside two tractor-trailers heading toward the US on May 17. 

More than 70 militants armed with rockets and mortars attacked a security post on the outskirts of Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar on May 18, the latest in an upsurge of violence since Osama bin Laden was killed in the country this month.

NATO air strikes pounded two government buildings early Tuesday in the Libyan capital, including the interior ministry, setting them ablaze.

IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn denied the sexual assault and attempted rape of a New York hotel chambermaid on Monday but was refused bail and ordered to remain behind bars pending trial.

Pakistan and the United States on Monday sought to smooth a damaging row caused by Osama bin Laden's killing, calling for closer cooperation with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton poised to visit.