British newspapers back PM's opposition to press laws Britain's newspapers on Friday praised senior judge Brian Leveson's report into media ethics but warned its recommendation to introduce new laws could "suffocate the free press".
Desmond Tutu rejects Nobel Peace Prize for EU Archbishop Desmond Tutu and two other Nobel Peace laureates have written to the foundation in protest at the decision to award the 2012 prize to the European Union.
01 December 2012
US mulling further help for Syrian rebels: Clinton Washington is weighing what further help it can give the Syrian opposition rebels, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday, without spelling out if they would win full US recognition.
01 December 2012
Chilean senate approves controversial fishing law Chile's senate approved a proposed new fisheries law Thursday amid opposition criticism that it would award fishing concessions to just a few families.
01 December 2012
Large ice deposits found on Mercury: scientists Scientists Thursday announced new evidence that Mercury, the planet orbiting nearest the Sun, hosts massive caches of ice and revealed new information on how water reached our solar system's inner planets.
01 December 2012
IIF says Greek debt buyback must be 'voluntary' A powerful international bank lobby warned Thursday that the outcome of Greece's looming debt buyback program remains uncertain and warned that it must be "purely voluntary."
01 December 2012
Clinton urges Europe to do more on economy US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Europe Thursday to resolve the eurocrisis and seek ways to promote growth and jobs as she praised America's "revitalized relationship" with the region.
WikiLeaks suspect tells court of his despair in 'cage' WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning, testifying for the first time, said Thursday he struggled to persuade the military to lift a strict "suicide watch" during his detention but admitted he had contemplated taking his life at one point.
01 December 2012
Weapons stolen from Australian navy vessel An intruder robbed an Australian navy vessel of a cache of weapons Friday after overpowering military personnel on guard, the defence department said, in a major security breach.
01 December 2012
Strauss-Kahn settles with sex 'assault' maid: reports Disgraced former IMF chief and would-be French president Dominique Strauss-Kahn will settle out of court with a Manhattan maid who accused him of sexual assault, ending a sordid 18-month legal saga.
Abbas wins UN 'birth certificate' for Palestine state The UN General Assembly on Thursday overwhelmingly voted to make Palestine a non-member state, inflicting a major diplomatic defeat on the United States and Israel.
30 November 2012
Liao slams Chinese politicians' 'dirty wealth' Chinese dissident writer Liao Yiwu accused China's political elite of accumulating "dirty wealth" on Thursday, saying it had turned his country into "one of the biggest landfills in the world."
30 November 2012
US, Israel hail cooperation on Iron Dome defense systemThe US and Israel on Thursday hailed the performance of the Iron Dome defense system during the recent Gaza conflict, with Washington stressing its continued "strong commitment" to the program.
30 November 2012
Republicans reject 'ridiculous' Obama fiscal cliff proposal Republicans rejected as "ridiculous" Thursday a White House plan to raise $1.6 trillion in new taxes over the next decade, as crunch talks on the US deficit took a turn for the worse.
'Friends of Syria' meet in Tokyo Delegates from more than 60 countries gathered in Tokyo Friday, seeking to ramp up pressure on Bashar al-Assad's regime as the US moved towards recognising the newly-unified opposition as true leaders of Syria.