Civil servants and private-sector workers walk out in protest against government measures to cut costs.
Authorities battle floodwaters threatening Bangkok as forecasters warn of more monsoon rains in the region.
Afghan leader says closer security and trade links with New Delhi not at the expense of ties with Islamabad.
Daniel Shechtman of the Israel Institute of Technology is named the sole winner the Nobel prize for chemistry, for his discovery of the structure of quasicrystals - a form that sceptics said was impossible.
Authorities battle floodwaters threatening Bangkok as forecasters warn of more monsoon rains in the region.
Baghdad says US military trainers are needed past December 31, but will not allow them to be above the law.
Bahraini opposition leaders, many sentenced to life in prison, are 12 days into a hunger strike dedicated to gaining the release of "innocent women and girls" from jail, the son of one of the leaders told CNN Wednesday.
Iranian authorities have taken away the passport of the lawyer who represented American hikers Shane Bauer, Josh Fattal and Sarah Shourd, the lawyer told CNN on Wednesday.
As the winds of liberation and freedom sweep across the Arab world aided by social media, cyber activists from North Africa are seen as front runners for the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize to be announced in Oslo Friday. The Norwegian Nobel Committ
أفاد مراسل "العربية" في اليمن بسقوط سبعة قتلى بينهم المصور الصحافي عبدالحكيم النور، وعشرات الجرحى في قصف عشوائي نفذته القوات الحكومية
Leaders agree to allow US military trainers to stay past December 31, but without shielding them from prosecution.