Greece avoids default by selling sort-term treasury bills; Dalai Lama asks Japanese lawmakers to investigate spate of self-immolations; Hillary Clinton in Australia for defense talks; UK wary of giving aid to Rwanda; Angela Merkel visits Portugal, reception cold; and more
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World News Brief, Friday November 9
China begins leadership transition; Julia Gillard refuses to meet Iranian leader; UN Secretary General discusses Mali crisis; Greece passes austerity bill; Puerto Rico votes to become an American state; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Thursday November 8
Tough hurdles for re-elected Obama; China's Communist Party to work against corruption; cost of cleaning up Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant estimated at $63 billion; Thailand and Burma support Dawei Economic Zone; suicide bomber strikes market in Peshawar; Israel opposes enhanced UN status for Palestine; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Wednesday November 7
Businessman at centre of Bo Xilai scandal had spy links, says Wall Street Journal; US and Japan begin military drill; Putin fires defense minister over corruption allegations; South African police may have tampered with evidence after deadly mining protest; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Tuesday November 6
G20 officials focus on global economy; Chinese Communist Party investigates Premier Wen Jiabao's personal finances; South Korea shuts down two nuclear reactors; South Sudan expels UN human rights officer; protesters gather over Ukraine election; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Friday October 26
Benghazi suspect dies in Cairo shootout; Chinese ships seen in disputed territory; new right-wing party mooted for Japan; Greece claims to have been given bailout extension, European Central Bank says it was unaware of move; Sudan blames Israel for factory bombing; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Tuesday October 23
Violence flares in Lebanon following assassination of Sunni intelligence chief; Chinese leftists defend Bo Xilai; South Korean police stop North Korean defectors from sending anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border; Fidel Castro makes first appearance for months; Lance Armstrong stripped of Tour de France titles; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Friday October 19
Violence erupts in Greece over austerity measures; China condemns Japan shrine visit; South Korean President Lee Myung-bak makes a surprise visit to site of shelling by North Korea; Russian opposition leader detained; Iran warns Israel to back off over nuclear sites; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Wednesday October 17
Hillary Clinton takes blame for US handling of Benghazi attack; China criticises EU sanctions on Iran over nuclear programme; South Korea and US meet to discuss regional security; UN-Arab League envoy urges ceasefire in Syria; Radovan Karadzic denies Bosnia war crimes; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Tuesday October 16
UN Security Council approves plan for military intervention in Mali against Islamist extremists; Philippines signs peace pact with Muslim rebels to end 40 years of conflict; South Korea apologises for undetected defection of North Korean soldier; Turkey grounds Armenian plane on way to Syria; African Union chooses new head; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Friday October 12
Turkey forces Syrian passenger plane to land; IMF chief calls on China and Japan to end ther row over East China Sea islands; Chinese writer Mo Yan wins the Nobel Prize in literature; Spain's credit rating falls to one level above junk; Venezuela's Chavez chooses new vice president; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Thursday October 11
US State Department reveals new details of Benghazi attack that killed ambassador; China's decision to pull out of IMF meeting "regrettable", says Japan; Julia Gillard accuses Tony Abbott of hypocrisy and misogyny; Netanyahu calls for early election in Israel; Russia to sell $4.2 billion of arms to Iraq this year; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Wednesday October 10
Hugo Chavez wins reelection in Venezuela; South Korea, Burma agree on investment talks; North Korea claims to have missiles capable of reaching United States; Afghanistan could descend into civil war following US withdrawal, says new report; Mexican drug lord killed; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Tuesday October 9
Protesters storm Libyan parliament preventing vote to approve new cabinet; South Korea brings foreign journalists to disputed islands; Tibetan man dies in fifty-third case of self-immolation protests against Chinese rule; Imran Khan to stage anti-drone protest; Mau Mau veterans win ruling against United Kingdom; and more
Read MoreWorld news Brief, Friday October 5
Turkey retaliates after Syrian mortar attack that killed five civilians; Philippines orders arrest of former president, Gloria Arroyo; China defers visit by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un; Russia and Pakistan renew diplomatic ties; Luxembourg seeks seat on UN Security Council -- up against Australia and Finland; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Thursday October 4
Series of bombings in Syria's largest city kill 25 and wound 70; Chinese banks withdraw from IMF events in Tokyo; Taiwanese citizens visiting US can now do so without visas; Iran's currency loses one third of value in a week; Georgia holds first democratic election in post-Soviet history; and more
Read MoreWorld news Brief, Wednesday October 3
Mikheil Saakashvili loses presidency of Georgia in parliamentary election; four Chinese ships re-enter disputed waters in South China Sea; North Korea warns of possible nuclear war on Korean Peninsula; Syria says refugee crisis invented by foreign foes; US withdraws all government personnel from Benghazi; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Tuesday October 2
Three NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan -- suicide bomber disguised as police; Japan reshuffles cabinet in bid to soothe row with China; protest at US aircraft transferred to base in Japan; bombs across Iraq kill 37, wound 90; supporters of Venezuelan opposition candidate killed; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Friday September 28
Spain to unveil $50 billion in spending cuts for 2013; China urges Japan not to infringe on China's "territorial integrity" in South China Sea; North Korea's stalled nuclear talks with six nations to begin again in China; US to ease import ban on Burma; China denies influencing Venezuelan election; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Thursday September 27
Bombs explode at Syrian army headquarters; former Japanese PM is new head of Liberal Democratic Party; meeting between Chinese and Japanese foreign ministers fails to ease tensions; Iran unveils new spy drone with 2000 km range; Paraguay shut out of South American free trade organisation; and more
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