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The Press Association -
Syrian tanks mounted with machine guns have opened fired on a city at the centre of the country's uprising, defying a day-old agreement between the Syrian government and the Arab League to end nearly eight months of bloodshed, activists said.
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Ha'aretz -
Israel's government and the international community remain divided over whether or not to attack Iran to prevent it from acquiring nuclear weapons.
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Boston.com -
An Afghan police officer, center, takes position as others searching for militants at the compound of a private security company, which was attacked by militants in Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011.
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Xinhua -
BEIJING, Nov. 4 (Xinhuanet) -- Israel has announced that it has ordered accelerated construction in two locations in east Jerusalem and in nearby West Bank settlements.
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Ha'aretz -
In light of the previous flotilla's failure earlier this year, organizers have been operating quietly in an effort to avoid bureaucratic delays and Israeli efforts to stop the operation, says Huwaida Arraf.
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Washington Post -
HAVANA - For the first time in a half-century, Cubans will be allowed to buy and sell real estate openly, bequeath property to relatives without restriction and avoid forfeiting their homes if they abandon the country.
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Houston Chronicle -
People walk past the Unicredit bank in Rome, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011. Europe's days-old plan to solve its crippling debt crisis has been thrown into turmoil by the Greek Prime Minister's shock decision to call a referendum on the country's latest rescue ...
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Times of India -
PTI | Nov 4, 2011, 11.20AM IST JEDDAH: Nearly 2.5 million Muslims, including 1,24948 Indians have arrived till on Thursday for the world's largest annual human assembly, Hajj pilgrimage, as Saudi Arabia stepped up preparation for the event which peaks ...
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AFP -
BANGKOK - Thailand's worst floods in half a century reached the edge of downtown Bangkok on Friday, threatening some underground rail stations and forcing the closure of a major shopping centre.
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The Press Association -
Fear that Egypt's ruling generals are working to perpetuate their hold on power is causing a political furore, threatening a "second revolution" and sending relations between the generals and activists to new lows less than four weeks before a key ...
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BBC News -
More than 1200 passengers have been evacuated from a ferry that caught fire in the Red Sea. Egyptian officials said all the passengers had been saved, but officials in Jordan said a Jordanian man had died after jumping overboard.
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RT -
The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court says an investigation will be launched into war crimes allegedly committed by NATO in Libya.
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eTaiwan News -
(The New York Times) BEIJING - A Buddhist nun in southwest Sichuan Province died Thursday after setting herself on fire, becoming the 11th Tibetan to embrace a grisly protest against Chinese rule and at least the sixth to die doing so.
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Hindustan Times -
Pakistan's parliament should reverse the decision to grant Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India if it considers it unfavourable, Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said.
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AFP -
WASHINGTON - The US spy agency has quietly tightened its rules on drone strikes in Pakistan over concerns about their impact on tense relations with Islamabad, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace -
Egypt faces three major and related political challenges to a successful democratic transition: the role the military is playing and will continue to play; the presence of powerful Islamic forces, not only the Muslim Brotherhood, but also the Salafi ...
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BBC News -
Georgia and Russia have signed an historic trade deal which allows Russia to join the World Trade Organization (WTO). The deal, which follows 18 years of negotiations, was brokered by Switzerland.
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Indian Express -
A London court ruled on Wednesday that Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, can be extradited to Sweden for questioning over allegations of sexual abuse there last year.
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BBC News -
Somalia's transitional government has said its forces, backed by Kenyan troops, have repulsed an attack by Islamist al-Shabab insurgents
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