The US demanded North Korea pay a price for allegedly sinking a South Korean warship even as Washington and its Asian allies brace for possible “provocations” by the Pyongyang regime.

Israeli forces on Saturday boarded the Rachel Corrie after it ignored orders not to head for Gaza, but there was no repetition of the bloody violence when commandos stormed an aid boat earlier this week.

A Cairo court on Saturday upheld a ruling to strip Egyptian men married to Israeli women of their citizenship in a case that has highlighted national sentiment towards Israel.

Ian Bell scored his third century against Bangladesh but Tamim Iqbal led a spirited fightback as the Tigers refused to yield on the second day of the second Test here at Old Trafford.

India were shut out of the Wednesday’s tri-series final here on Saturday when Dinesh Chandimal led Sri Lanka to victory with just 10 balls to spare. India needed a win to stay in the tournament, which would have given them a slender chance to play in the final on Wednesday.

A Pakistani pupil has been expelled from his private school for getting married on the sly because teachers believe marital relations are inappropriate playground talk.

Military-ruled Burma has begun a nuclear weapons programme with the help of North Korea, according to an investigation on Friday, citing a senior Army defector and years of “top secret material”.

Nepal’s Opposition Maoists on Friday accused the Prime Minister of breaking a pledge to resign, sparking a new row between the three main parties less than a week after they agreed to share power.

A 30-year-old Bolivian woman was arrested for selling her new-born baby for the equivalent of $140, the police said on Thursday.

A Swiss man has been arrested in Singapore on suspicion of breaking into a high-security subway depot and spray-painting graffiti on a train, an offence punishable by caning, the police said Friday.