Thousands of protesters spilled into the streets of Egypt on January 25, an unprecedented display of anti-government rage inspired in part by the tumult in the nearby North African nation of Tunisia.

Tunisia's interim government will be reshuffled on January 25, ministers said after protesters demanding a purge of former regime loyalists clashed with fellow Tunisians urging an end to the demonstrations.

Thai police said they arrested a team of five men armed with explosives on Monday after a tip-off that bomb attacks were planned near the seat of government in Bangkok.

Gianfranco Fini, the Italian politician who brought last year's political crisis to a head when he urged Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to step down in November, said again on Sunday that it would "be a good idea" for Berlusconi to resign, and called for a new round of elections.

A suicide bomber killed at least 35 people and wounded over 130 in the packed arrivals hall of Moscow's largest airport in an attack slammed by the Kremlin and the world as an act of terror.

World powers were considering the next step after their failure to persuade Iran to allay fears over its nuclear programme, with some observers raising the possibility of further US sanctions.

Thousands of Thai "Red Shirts" gathered in Bangkok on Sunday, police said, to mark eight months since a deadly military crackdown on their mass anti-government protest last year.

Migrant workers, or off-farm workers, in China should enjoy paid annual family-visit vacations as their urban counterparts, a political advisor in southwest China's Guizhou Province had said.

World powers enter a second and final day of talks with Iran on January 22, having made scant progress toward persuading the Islamic Republic to curb its nuclear program on the first day of the meeting in Istanbul.

A suicide bomber blew himself up Tuesday among a group of police recruitments in Iraq's northern city of Tikrit, now leaving at least 60 people killed and around 150 others wounded, a local police source in Salahuddin province told Xinhua.

The death toll from storms in Rio de Janeiro state has reached 661 as rescue works enter the sixth day Monday, local authorities said.

Tunisian Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi on Monday announced the formation of a national unity government after former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was ousted last week. 

 Footages of a short film promoting China are shown on the screens at the Times Square in New York, U.S.A., Jan. 17, 2011.   US benefits from Chinese market

 Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (L) and his Japanese counterpart Seiji Maehara   Japan will host a foreign ministers meeting with China and South Korea in March before an expected trilateral summit, according to reports.

Changi Airport Group (CAG) and the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) have announced the development of a new Air Cargo Express (ACE) Hub which is expected to strengthen Singapore's position as an air cargo hub in the region.