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As violent clashes between Muslims and Christians in Nigeria continue to make more casualties, religious tensions continue to threaten the stability of the country.

British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicholas Sarkozy will jointly host an international conference Thursday to build support for the new administration in Libya.

Following months of protest and violence in Syria, where the Assad regime has been accused of launching a brutal crackdown on protesters, President Obama has called for the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, to step down.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday announced the U.S. government will provide additional 17 million dollars in humanitarian aid to the Horn of Africa region, of which 12 million dollars go to Somalia.

Showing that members of the Security Council are still divided over whether or not the United Nations need to take a stronger stand following the situation in Syria, discussions have yet failed to produce any clear legal instrument.

Human rights activists say Syrian forces continue the violent crackdown on civilians as new reports suggest that at least 24 civilians were killed, following attacks in various cities.

Gaddafi is once again causing havoc it seems as coalition forces supporting the Nato-led operation in Libya appears to be at loggerheads with the International Criminal Court.Recent weeks have been marked by declaration from France, the U.K and the Rebels saying they could allow for Gaddafi to remain in Libya.

Asian nations hold talks on Friday to try and defuse two critical points of tension in the Pacific, in preliminary steps welcomed by the Obama administration, which China says is attempting to reassert its influence in the region.

While the international community battles over road maps, peace talks and cease fire plans, saying they are in touch with the Libyan government, one leader, Muammar Gaddafi seems blissfully unaware that he supposedly is on the brink of accepting a deal that will force him to step down from power.

Chinese President Hu Jintao told his South African counterpart, Jacob Zuma, on Thursday that China will continue to work with the African Union in finding a solution to the Libyan crisis, state news agency Xinhua reported.

Political donations by News Corp., its employees and their families were evenly split between Democrats and Republicans, with President Obama the all-time leading recipient, according to a report from the Sunlight Foundation.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is due to begin a three-day visit to India aimed at strengthening political and economic relations.

Activist have accused Syrian security forces of killing seven protesters in the capital Damascus, Idlib province and Deraa on Friday, as they fired live ammunition while hundreds of thousands of demonstrators poured onto the country's streets.

The situation in Libya will be the first item on U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's packed agenda during her latest around-the-world diplomatic tour, it appears.

Investigators probing Wednesday's bomb blasts in Mumbai which killed at least 18 and injured 131 are zeroing in on the likely involvement of the Indian Mujahideen, a domestic terrorist group.

Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar, the country's defence minister, said without it Pakistan could not afford to keep troops at 1,100 checkpoints near the mountainous border.

Syria: Why did US ambassador Robert Ford use Facebook to attack Assad?

U.S Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has lost the legitimacy to rule after pro-government demonstrators stormed Washington's embassy in Damascus.

Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf says he regrets the U.S. decision to stop $800 million in military aid to Pakistan.

For the second time in the report's 10-year history, the United States is included in the State Department's annual report on human trafficking.

An investigation by Amnesty International has failed to find evidence for these human rights violations and in many cases has discredited or cast doubt on them. It also found indications that on several occasions the rebels in Benghazi appeared to have knowingly made false claims or manufactured evidence.

The recent unrest in the Middle East and North Africa has enabled China to take a stand on international issues and reaffirm its own vision regarding conflict resolution.

Aiming to convince senators of the viability of the Barack Obama administration's Afghanistan policy, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton yesterday cited South Korea as a successful "investment" case. "You look at the decades of our investment in South Korea," she said, facing a barrage of questions in a meeting of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee aimed at clarifying Washington's policy and progress in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

When the US and Nato invaded Afghanistan in 2001 two reasons were widely advanced. One, the Taliban needed to surrender Bin Laden, and two, the US could not let the Islamist movement treat women so barbarically.

President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan said publicly for the first time on Saturday that the United States and the Nato-led coalition have been actively negotiating with the Taliban, an assertion that was yesterday confirmed by US Defence Secretary Robert Gates.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton yesterday pressed all African states to demand the Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi step down and take tougher action against his regime.

Embattled Representative Anthony Weiner has told friends that he plans to resign his seat amid the controversy over his online relationships with several women, The Associated Press reports.

Syrian troops trying to quash three months of protests are committing "alleged breaches of the most fundamental rights", while 1,100 unarmed civilians have been killed in the crackdown says a UN report.

Pakistan's top spy agency has arrested five Pakistani informants who assisted the CIA ahead of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, The New York Times reported on Wednesday.

As the fight to force Gaddafi out of power continues, Western and Arab governments have pledged more than £800m to support Libya's rebel administration as they seek to keep the pressure on Muammar Gaddafi's regime and insist they want to start preparing for a transitional phase.