A judge denied bail on Friday to a Massachusetts teenager who was arrested on terrorism charges after posting lyrics on his Facebook page suggesting he could do worse than the Boston Marathon bombers.

President Barack Obama urged the future leaders of the US military on Friday to stamp out sexual assault from their ranks, warning that a few individuals could undermine the strongest military in the world.

UN will honour over 100 UN peacekeepers, including five Indians, who were killed.

Authorities in eastern Afghanistan said explosives transported by suspected Taliban militants accidentally detonated while they were stopped at a mosque. Twelve people were killed in the incident, they said.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has asked all political parties in Nepal to overcome political obstacles in holding the country's next elections within the existing time frame.

At least 15 children were killed in a school van gas cylinder blast that took place on Saturday in Pakistan's Punjab province, a media report said.

Seven policemen were killed and four others, including a senior officer, injured when dozens of militants ambushed their vehicles on the outskirts of Peshawar city of northwest Pakistan, officials said on Saturday.

Explosions have rocked central Kabul for several hours after Taliban gunmen launched a major suicide and gun attack centered on a compound of the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

China on Friday declined to comment on the arrest of an alleged Chinese spy in Dharmasala, saying that it has no information on it.

Former President Pervez Musharraf on Friday approached the Islamabad High Court to challenge the rejection of his bail plea by an anti-terrorism court in a case related to detention of judges during the 2007 emergency in Pakistan.