Back from the IPL, Australian speedster Brett Lee is now busy with his music career and is set to release his band White Shoe Theory's maiden single.

Chris Gayle has been left out of the West Indies squad for the one-off Twenty20 and the first two ODIs against India. The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has asked the flamboyant opener to appear before the selection committee, the board management and the team management in view of his comments against the board ahead of home series against Pakistan in April.

North Korea said on Monday it would no longer deal with South Korea and threatened to retaliate against any moves by Seoul to wage "psychological warfare".

Germany on Monday became the first major industrialised power to agree an end to nuclear power in the wake of the disaster in Japan, with a phase-out due to be completed by 2022.

The United States will ask the UN atomic watchdog to report Syria to the UN Security Council over its alleged illicit nuclear activity, according to a draft resolution obtained by AFP on Monday.

US President Barack Obama arrived here late on Friday on a two-day visit. On Friday night, Obama attended a dinner with 20 Central and East European leaders who are holding the 17th Central European summit hosted by Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski, Xinhua reported.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday concluded a six-day visit to Ethiopia and Tanzania that took India's burgeoning ties with Africa to a new high.

Tamil superstar Rajinikanth has been admitted to Singapore's top hospital, the Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, according to medical sources.

The leaders of the G8 powers were to tell Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi on Friday that he has lost all legitimacy and must step down, according to a draft version of their summit statement.

The United States and France are united in their resolve to finish the job in Libya, US President Barack Obama said after talks with President Nicolas Sarkozy at the G8 Summit on Friday.