Syrian activists say government launched gas attack; Bo Xilai's trial begins in eastern China; Japanese PM to tour Middle East; China and Kenya sign $5 billion in deals; third bailout for Greece; and more
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World News Brief, Wednesday August 21
Pakistan's Musharraf indicted on murder charges; Bo Xilai's son speaks out in defence of his father; China says it is prepared to defend its territorial rights; Muslim Brotherhood leader arrested in Egypt; Boko Haram leader may be dead; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Tuesday August 20
Egyptian military to release Mubarak; South Korea and US begin annual military drills; Japanese and Russian foreign ministers meet to discuss territorial dispute; Hamid Karzai sacks attorney general; UN arrives in Syria; and more
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World News Brief, Friday August 16
Egypt declares state of emergency; China calls in Japanese ambassador; North and South Korea should hold reunions for families separated by war, says Park Geun-hye; UN heads to Syria; new Paraguayan president takes power; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Wednesday August 14
Keita wins Mali election; South Korean and Russian officials meet to discuss denuclearising North Korea; Pakistan PM urges new beginning with India; US embassies across Middle East and North Africa reopen; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Tuesday August 13
Israel names 26 Palestinian prisoners to be freed; Cambodia upholds election results; Japan's economy expands for third consecutive quarter; Mugabe makes first post-election speech; Britain may take legal action against Spain over Gibraltar
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Friday August 9
Obama cancels meeting with Putin following Edward Snowden controversy; Japan summons Chinese envoy after Chinese ships entered Japanese disputed territorial waters; Japan launches its largest warship since World War II; India-Pakistan relations fray further; Syrian rebels claim to have hit President Bashar al-Assad's motorcade; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Thursday August 8
Tunisians gather to protest transitional government; anti-government protestors in Thailand rally against amnesty bill; North Korea proposes another round of talks with South Korea; Yemen foils al-Qaeda plot; Mexico launches energy reform; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Wednesday August 7
Taliban hold secret talks with Hamid Karzai; China's foreign minister finishes Southeast Asia tour; Japanese prime minister vows to pursue world without nuclear arms; US and Britain withdraw government and diplomatic personnel from Yemen; US evaluating whether Obama will attend Russian summit in wake of Snowden decision; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Tuesday August 6
US closes embassies in Middle East and North Africa amid heightened potential terrorist threat; Philippines awaits "positive response" to invitation to Chinese foriegn minister; US military helicopter crashes in Okinawa; bomb explodes at Buddhist temple in Jakarta; Zimbabwe opposition supporters say they were attacked by Mugabe supporters; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Friday August 2
Propsed $500 billion budget cut will reduce US ability to meet global security goals, says Chuck Hagel; more than 100 independent news sites chut down in China; Australia sends first group of asylum seekers to Papua New Guinea; Snowden leaves Moscow airport after Russia gives him temporary asylum; Uruguay on path to legalise marijuana; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Thursday August 1
Zimbabwe heads to the polls amid concerns about vote fraud; Cambodia's opposition party calims election; Obama may visit Tokyo next year; Iran and Syria sign oil deal; report finds US spends half a billion dollars each year operating Guatanamo prison; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Wednesday July 31
EU envoy visits Mohammed Morsi; Chinese media downplay prospect of China-Japan summit; Cambodia's government denies election fraud; Tunisia's government refuses to step down; Pope changes the tone on discussions about gays in the Catholic church; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Tuesday July 30
Israel and Palestine to resume peace talks; Japan and Chins to hold talks in effort to de-escalate territorial row; Cambodia's opposition leaders reject election results; China activates natural gas pipeline from Burma; John Kerry to visit Pakistan; Morsi supporters call for fresh protest rallies in Egypt; Italian court to make appeal judgement on Berlusconi's alleged tax evasion; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Friday July 26
Bo Xilai charged with bribery, corruption and abuse of power; Shinzo Abe takes third trip to Southeast Asia since becoming Japanese PM; CIA closing secret bases in Afghanistan; Caroline Kennedy nominated for US ambassador to Japan; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Thursday July 25
White House lobbies to keep National Security Agency programme amid Snowden fallout; China bans construction of new government buildings; Beijing closes visa office in Manila after South China Sea protests; South Sudan president sacks entire cabinet; UN in Syria to investigate chemical weapons claims; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Wednesday July 24
Al-Qaeda claims responsibility for raids on two Iraqi prisons; Fukushima plant leaking radioactive water into ocean; GlaxoSmithKline to reduce price of products in China; Pope gets rapturous welcome in Brazil; new prince met with worldwide celebrations; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Tuesday July 23
Japan's Liberal Democratic Party sweep to victory in upper house; double quake in China kills 73; Palestinian-Israeli talks revived; Belgium swears in new king; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Friday July 19
Greece passes civil service reform bill as condition of bailout; detention of Chinese scholar raises fears Beijing is cracking down on activists; protests in India after children die from poisoned school lunches; Yemeni al-Qaeda leader dead in drone strike; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Thursday June 18
Interim Egyptian cabinet of 34 sworn in; South Korea asks to postpone plan to take operational control of troops; China rejects claims is it singling out foreign companies after making public details of alleged corruption by GlaxoSmithKline; South Africans prepare to celebrate Nelson Mandela's 95th birthday; US-Russia relationship would not be harmed if Snowden granted asylum in Russia, says Putin
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