The death toll in a massive suicide blast in Pakistan’s militant-plagued north-west reached 35, officials said today, as the country prepared for the widower of assassinated ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto to take over as president.

A coalition of Taliban militants in Pakistan declared an "indefinite" ceasefire today in fighting against Pakistani security forces.

Police in Indonesia today released photos and sketches of six more suspects in last month’s bombings in Bali.

The leader of a Southeast Asian Muslim group suspected of involvement in the devastating Bali bombing will meet Indonesian police later this week, his brother said today.

Ousted Indonesian head of state Abdurrahman Wahid told his family he faced a potentially fatal stroke as he prepared to vacate the presidential palace and travel to the United States for medical treatment.