Yemen's cabinet approves a draft law to grant President Ali Abdullah Saleh immunity in exchange for stepping down as part of a transition deal.

After the killing by police of its leaders last week, Colombia's Urabenos criminal gang offers rewards for the killing of officers in retaliation.

The US economy created 200,000 jobs in December, while the unemployment rate fell to 8.5%, official figures show.

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak heads to Beijing for a meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao to discuss stability in the Korean peninsula.

Australia is in "diplomatic discussions" over the fate of three anti-whaling activists who boarded a Japanese ship on Saturday night, officials say.

Repression in the Arab world is likely to continue as its leaders have failed to grasp the significance of last year's uprisings, an Amnesty report says.

At least 10 paramilitary troops abducted last month are found shot dead in a volatile tribal area of north-west Pakistan, security officials say.

The home of a Chilean indigenous leader is destroyed in a suspicious blaze as seven firefighters killed tackling wildfires are buried.