German President Horst Kohler announced his immediate resignation at a press conference on Monday, citing criticisms about a comment he made on the country’s military deployment abroad as reason.

Pakistan’s information technology ministry announced on Monday that Facebook users in the country will have access to the site again after an almost two-week ban.

The search for lasting peace between Israel and Palestine took another blow as at least 10 people were killed in a clash between Israeli military and pro-Palestinian militants.

Challenged by a growing management crisis, which included worker suicides, iPhone maker Foxconn Technology will increase employees’ wages at its China operations by 20%, according to reports last Friday in Hongkong.

Controversial British politician David Laws was said to be too secretive that his party was clueless as to where he exactly lives. According to reports, Laws kept his private life in secrecy since he began his political career in 1994.

Confrontation with the Israeli navy was delayed yesterday after faults mysteriously developed in two boats of a Gaza-bound flotilla. Furthermore, 30 pro-Palestinian activists were prevented by the Greek Cypriot government from joining the crafts.

Investigation on the grisly massacre of close to a hundred members of a minority sectarian group in Pakistan is moving ahead, with authorities identifying the suspects as members of the Taliban in the country.

Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika announced that he will pardon and release immediately a gay couple who were sentenced to 14 years in prison earlier this month for violating the country’s anti-homosexuality law.

Although British Petroleum (BP) announced on Thursday that the “Top Kill” attempt has succeeded, new evidence was revealed on Friday that the oil spill on the Gulf of Mexico is worse that what was previously thought. BP is still exercising great efforts to put a stop in what is predicted to become the worst oil spill in U.S. history.

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference on Friday adopted a declaration upholding principles of disarmament and calling for an international conference in 2012 to establish a nuclear-weapon-free Middle East.