Reuters - Indonesia has won praise for cracking down on Islamist militants behind a string of deadly attacks and at the core of the fight have been the heavily armed black-clad officers of its anti-terrorism unit -- Detachment 88.

AFP - Muslim herdsmen disguised as soldiers Wednesday butchered and then torched around a dozen Christians in Nigeria, near the site of a recent sectarian massacre, officials and witnesses said.

AFP - A five-year-old British boy was reunited with his father in Pakistan on Thursday, a British high commission official said following a kidnapping ordeal that saw a ransom paid in Paris.

AP - Beijing needs to take seriously American concerns about the value of the Chinese currency, but bilateral disputes should not impede cooperation on global issues such as climate change and Iran's nuclear program, the U.S. ambassador to Beijing said Thursday.

AP - The water is rising day by day in this remote part of northern Pakistan, and with it, so is the fear among thousands who stand to lose their crops, their homes and maybe even their lives.

AP - Thousands of demonstrators remained encamped in the historic heart of the Thai capital Thursday, vowing to stir up a "class war" until the government is ousted.