Left-winger Humala has narrow lead in Peru election

2011-06-06 12:39:16

Left-wing former army commander Ollanta Humala had a razor-thin lead over the right-wing daughter of a jailed ex-president in Peru's presidential election on Sunday, partial official results showed.

Leftist Humala wins Peru's presidential runoff

2011-06-06 09:56:24

Ollanta Humala, the left-wing candidate for the nationalist Peru Wins alliance, narrowly wins the second round of Peru's presidential elections Sunday.

Yemen's Saleh comes out of surgery

2011-06-06 09:02:01

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh was recovering from an operation in Saudi Arabia to remove shrapnel from his chest.

Police break up Indian yoga guru's hunger strike

2011-06-05 10:22:47

Hundreds of police officers swooped down Sunday on the venue of a hunger strike by a charismatic Indian yoga guru and forcibly removed him and thousands of his supporters.

Injured Yemeni leader flies to Saudi for care

2011-06-05 09:40:07

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh left for Saudi Arabia early Sunday to get medical treatment, and has assigned his deputy Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi to run state affairs.
Yemen's Saleh injured in shelling, 7 killed

US to keep military presence in Asia: Gates

2011-06-05 08:37:35

Despite its fiscal troubles, the US will maintain a "robust" military presence across Asia, backed up by new high-tech weaponry, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said.

Yemen's Saleh injured in shelling, 7 killed

2011-06-04 10:08:16

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh blamed an 'outlaw gang' among his tribal enemies for a shelling attack on a mosque in the presidential compound that slightly injured him...

Chinese diplomat meets Libyan opposition leader

2011-06-04 08:17:41

China on Friday confirmed its contact with Libya's opposition leader, reiterating that the people of Libya should decide their own future.

Saleh 'well' after palace shelled

2011-06-03 20:38:56

Shells struck Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh's palace in Sanaa on Friday, wounding three senior officials.

Fresh series of NATO strikes target Tripoli

2011-06-03 20:00:01

10 NATO strikes hit in and around the Libyan capital early on Friday, targeting military barracks close to Gadhafi's sprawling compound.

Caution urged for Peru's presidential runoff

2011-06-03 15:56:18

Regional and European observers were calling for caution ahead of Sunday's Peruvian presidential runoff between Ollanta Humala and Keiko Fujimori, who were running a neck-to-neck race.

Pakistan, US agree to resume joint intel ops

2011-06-03 14:40:41

Pakistan and the United States have agreed to resume joint intelligence operations against Islamist militants, the Pakistani foreign ministry said on Friday, in a first step toward rebuilding trust between the two countries.