Kenyan airstrike intended for Islamist militant group al-Shabaab hits refugee camp in Somalia; Philippine army attacks al-Qaeda-linked stronghold in southern island province of Sulu; Japan takes steps to slow the rise of the yen; Arab League has a plan for Syrians to end seven months of violent unrest against President Bashar al-Assad; centre-right wins election in Bulgaria; Uganda detains Opposition leader Kizza Besigye to stop him joining protest against rising fuel and food prices; and more
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World News Brief, Friday August 26
Rebels and loyalists still in heavy fighting across Tripoli and in Qaddafi's hometown; US seeks to unfreeze Libyan assets (+ analysis); North Korea and Russia to build gas pipeline; Pentagon says Chinese military growth "potentially destabilising"; Japan intervenes in yen's rise; Nationwide strike in Chile and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Wednesday October 6
Japan cuts interest rates and commits to massive new stimulus; After seven months, is Iraq nearing a power-sharing deal?; More NATO convoys attacked in Pakistan; China tells to wealthy nations to cut carbon; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief Thursday, September 9
BP releases report on US oil spill--points finger at Transocean and Halliburton; Japan to lower value of yen; tensions thaw between US and China; two US soldiers killed in Iraq; Obama unwilling to extend Bush-era tax cuts; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Wednesday August 25
Taliban and warlords scare of candidates, disenfranchise 1.5m in Afghan elections; Zardari: Pakistan will take three years to recover from floods as epidemics threaten; Six Somali MPs killed in terror attack; Philippine government criticised over kidnappings; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Tuesday August 17
Concern over Japanese growth as yen rises and China supplants it as world's second largest economy; North Korea criticises "US imperialists" and South Korean "traitors"; US questions Turkey's reliability; Russia bans grain exports; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Friday August 13
Stocks in Asia and Europe follow US markets down on back of more bad economic news (+ analysis); Pakistan faces new floods threat; Iraq general warns military won't be able to secure country until 2020; Russia moves missiles into breakaway region; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Thursday August 5
BP declares oil spill 'under control', three-quarters of oil evaporated (+ graphics); Death toll in Pakistan floods reaches 1500 as food becomes the issue; UN backs Israel's version of events after Lebanon border skirmish; Republican opposition stalls nuclear treaty; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Friday January 8
Questions asked on American methods for dealing with terror suspects; al-Qaeda could gain further entrenchment in Yemen; North Korea currency reform bad for small business; Japanese finance minister wants to weaken yen; report on Gitmo; and more
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