Ex-Bosnian Serb army leader Ratko Mladic will boycott a hearing at The Hague war crimes tribunal at which he is due to enter pleas, his lawyer says.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says his country recognises the rebel Transitional National Council as the true representative of the Libyan people.

At least five people die in a bomb attack on a bar in the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, a week after a similar attack killed 25.

The sister of Thailand's exiled former prime minister promises to do her best in government after leading his supporters to a landslide election win.

A pipeline carrying gas from Egypt to Israel and Jordan has been hit by an explosion, officials say.

The Texan authorities warn US citizens not to travel to the Mexican border town of Nuevo Laredo because of a "specific threat" posed by the Zetas drug cartel.

Ivory Coast issues an international arrest warrant for Charles Ble Goude, ex-President Laurent Gbagbo's youth militia leader, who is on the run.

Tiger Airways will hold crisis talks with Australian regulators to try and counter safety claims and resume domestic operations.