U.S. drone strikes killed at least 11 people on Monday in tribal regions along Pakistan's western border, local officials said.
A suicide bomber killed at least 30 people in a government office in northern Afghanistan on Monday, officials said, with violence spiralling across the country even before an expected spring offensive.
Pakistan said on Monday it was taking steps to keep a U.S. consulate worker, imprisoned in a local jail for shooting two Pakistanis, safe from harm in a case that has unleashed a diplomatic storm.
South African papermaker Mondi posted a fourfold surge in annual profit, helped by recovering demand for paper and packaging, and said it would hike prices to cushion the impact of rising costs.
Truworths, South Africa's biggest listed clothing retailer, posted a 19 percent rise in first-half profit as lower interest rates boost consumer spending and said it was considering M&A or buying back shares.
Two Libyan Air Force pilots have defected to the Mediterranean island of Malta.
Oil prices have jumped in response to the growing chaos in oil producer and OPEC member Libya and the potential for the escalation of unrest in Iran, OPEC’s second biggest oil producer..
Nigerian Central Bank Governor Lamido Sanusi said on Monday he did not believe that the naira was over-valued and criticised advice from the IMF, which last week recommended greater exchange rate flexibility.
Australia's Paladin Energy Ltd said on Monday it had resumed production at its uranium mine in Malawi after a four-day shut-down caused by a fuel shortage.
South Africa's rand was little changed from last week's closing levels against the dollar on Monday, with central bank intervention helping stem gains in the currency despite support from stronger commodity prices.
Petroleum distributor Shell Mauritius Ltd said on Monday that parent Royal Dutch Shell planned to sell three quarters of its stake in the company to two joint venture partners.
Stratex International Plc plans to start drilling for gold and silver in the second quarter of this year in northern Ethiopia, the London-listed gold exploration firm said on Monday.
Sudan has appointed private sector businessmen to help manage its state oil firm Sudapet, which owns stakes in all of Sudan's oil blocks, to improve the company's efficiency and widen its scope, the oil minister said.
South African truckers ended their week-long strike on Monday after accepting an above inflation salary increase of 9 percent, union officials and employers said.
Egypt's public prosecutor on Monday moved to freeze the foreign assets of Hosni Mubarak, the first sign that the deposed president would be held to account by the rulers to whom he handed power 10 days ago.
Zimbabwe has arrested dozens of activists on charges of plotting protests against long-serving President Robert Mugabe similar to those that toppled the leaders of Egypt and Tunisia, police said on Monday.
Libyan warplanes were bombing indiscriminately across Tripoli on Monday, a resident of the Libyan capital told al Jazeera television in a live broadcast.
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's four-decade-old rule appeared in increasing jeopardy on Monday when days of anti-government protests reached the capital for the first time and security forces killed dozens of people.
U.S. officials have revealed that an American detained in Pakistan after killing two men worked for the U.S. spy agency as a contractor, and not as a diplomat as previously said, according to reports.
Five people were killed in anti-government protests over the weekend in Morocco, according to the county’s interior ministry.
As anti-government protests sweep across Libya, even entering the once-tranquil capitol of Tripoli, and major foreign oil companies suspend or withdraw operations in the wake of civil unrest, there are many unanswered questions.
In a bizarre and unexpected development, an Israeli magazine reported today that Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi may actually seek refuge in Israel.
A senior government official in Venezuela has denied such reports of Gaddafi’s alleged arrival in the country, ruled by his friend and ally President Hugo Chavez.
China must find new ways to defuse unrest, the domestic security chief said, underscoring Beijing's anxiety about control after police quashed calls for gatherings inspired by uprisings in the Middle East.
The U.S. navy will continue to upgrade its military capabilities in the Pacific given its steadfast commitment to the region, a U.S. vice admiral said on Monday, while urging China's growing navy to avoid provocation.
While the Greek government seeks to establish closer diplomatic ties with Israel (in the wake of a cooling of relations between Israel and Turkey), incidents of anti-Semitism are rising in Greece, inflamed by the deepening economic crisis.
Next Monday is just a week away, but the next big step in the battle over the 2011 budget has been taking shape ahead of the Senate's reconvenes on February 28.
The son of Moammar Gaddafi has denied media reports that his father has fled Libya for Venezuela.
Seif al-Islam Gaddafi said his father remains in Libya.
BP plc (NYSE: BP) has announced that it is suspending its drilling activities in Libya due to the rising tide of political violence in that country and also plans to evacuate non-essential staff and their families.
Since the financial crisis, laws have changed to better regulate financial institutions. However, they don’t go far enough and there are still unresolved issues, said Professor Joseph Stiglitz in an interview with IBTimes.
