The early frontrunner for next year's presidential election in Mexico, Enrique Pena Nieto of the PRI, formally registers his candidacy.

Occupy Wall Street protesters camped outside City Hall in Los Angeles plan to hold eviction parties as a deadline to leave the site looms.

A Colombian policeman is reunited with his family after 12 years as a captive of the Farc, as the relatives of four other hostages who were killed mourn their loss.

Egypt prepares to vote in the first elections since Hosni Mubarak was toppled in February, as protesters occupy Cairo's Tahrir Square where the revolution began.

An explosion hits a hotel in the southern Philippines, killing two people and injuring several more, most of whom are said to be wedding guests.

Voters in Osaka elect self-proclaimed son of a gangster Toru Hashimoto as their new mayor, after he promised a major overhaul of the bureaucracy.

South Korea's president says he is wearing thermal underwear to save energy, as he urges citizens to take measures to avoid power shortages.

Asian shares rise on Monday on speculation that the International Monetary Fund is preparing a bailout package for Italy.