Pakistan's former military leader Gen Pervez Musharraf says he plans to end his self-imposed exile, telling supporters to prepare for elections.

Nigeria's president says for the first time he thinks sympathisers of the Islamist Boko Haram group are in his government and security agencies.

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.

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is acquitted of sodomy by a court in Kuala Lumpur, as hundreds of his supporters gathered outside.

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.