The offer of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to India is an example that US holds India's military modernisation in high regard, a top Pentagon official has said.

The International Monetary Fund board will consider the sixth tranche of Greece's loan after a Greek referendum on a new bailout plan, the head of the IMF said on Wednesday.

The head of the Tibetan government-in-exile on Wednesday urged the US to press China for access to a region where 10 young Tibetans have set themselves on fire to protest Chinese rule.

The International Criminal Court continues to receive information that Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam might try to flee Libya with the help of mercenaries, the court's chief prosecutor said on Wednesday.

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday slashed its forecast for growth, raised projections for unemployment and said it was mulling the possibility of buying more mortgage debt to spur a struggling recovery.

China took a crucial step towards fulfilling its ambition to set up a manned space station by completing its first successful docking high above Earth, state media reported.

A House panel on Wednesday unanimously approved harsher penalties against Iran, arguing that an economically weak Tehran will struggle in its pursuit of nuclear weapons.

Syria on Wendesday fully accepted an Arab League plan to end nearly eight months of bloodshed, during a ministerial meeting at the organisation's Cairo headquarters, a league official said.