The flu season has reached an epidemic level in the United States, circulating in all 50 states and widespread in 37, HealthDay News reported on Thursday.

The ASEAN Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) held its first session in Jakarta on February 16.

Rising food prices have pushed about 44 million people into poverty in developing countries since last June, the World Bank warned on Tuesday.

Egypt’s military has outlined a timetable to hand power to an elected government, insisting it does not want political power in a country where it propped up an authoritarian state for six decades.

 Rising food prices have pushed about 44 million people into poverty in developing countries since last June, the World Bank warned on Tuesday.

The UN Security Council on Monday called for a "permanent ceasefire" between Thailand and Cambodia after a border dispute erupted into deadly clashes last week around a Hindu temple.

Egypt's military government on Monday urged a halt to widespread strikes inspired by a popular uprising that threatened to paralyse the country following Hosni Mubarak's overthrow.

Boeing on Sunday unveiled 747-8 Intercontinental, a new wide-body jet airliner touted by the U.S. aviation giant as the only airplane in the 400-500 seat market.

Thousands of anti-government protesters massed in the Thai capital Sunday for the latest in a series of rallies by rival political factions ahead of elections expected this year.

Egypt's new military authorities say they are dissolving parliament and suspending the constitution.

Hosni Mubarak has stepped down as president of Egypt, after weeks of protest in Cairo and other cities. 

More than 20 federal ministers were sworn-in on February 11 as part of a move by the Pakistani government to downsize one of the largest Cabinets in the world, a presidential adviser said. 

Thailand will hold a general election in the first half of this year if there is no resurgence of political violence, said Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on February 9.

Counter-terrorism officials from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Japan met in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on February 10 to intensify their efforts in preventing and suppressing terrorism.