All but two of the European Union’s 27 member states sign up to a treaty that threatens sanctions for breaches of budget deficit limits. Finance News Videos by NewsLook
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Conditions in Libyan prisons have caused much controversy after Doctors Without Borders recently suspended its work in Misrata saying its medics were increasingly confronted with patients who suffered injuries caused by “torture” during questioning. World News Videos by NewsLook
Syrian troops are continuing a bloody crackdown on rebel fighters around the capital city of Damascus as Arab League observers abandon their positions and seek refuge in their hotels. World News Videos by NewsLook
More than 1,300 prisoners in Kyrgyzstan are said to have sewn their lips together in protest of poor prison conditions. Nearly 7,000 prisoners are also engaged in a hunger strike.
A mutiny in Papua New Guinea has resulted in the ouster of the nation’s top defense official by rebels who seized the military’s headquarters and are demanding the reinstatement of former Prime Minister Michael Somare. World News Videos by NewsLook
A wave of car bombings has hit Iraq’s capital, killing 14 people and wounding dozens more amid an escalating political crisis, a month after the US military withdrawal. World News Videos by NewsLook
Residents in the Syrian city of Homs are tired of the fighting between Syrian forces and defectors, which has disrupted city life. World News Videos by NewsLook
Outgoing Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has left his home nation to seek medical treatment in the U.S., while protesters call for justice against him despite immunity. World News Videos by NewsLook
Australia’s pre-eminent economics advisory practice, Deloitte Access Economics, is forecasting that Europe has a 50 to 50 chance of managing to muddle through its major debt crisis. Finance News Videos by NewsLook
The International Criminal Court will decide over the next few days whether six men accused of orchestrating post-election violence in Kenya in 2008 should stand trial. Tens of thousands of people who fled the violence are still living in refugee camps. World News Videos by NewsLook
Electronic equipment hidden inside a fake rock in a Moscow park helped the United Kingdom spy on Russia, according to a former official with the British government. World News Videos by NewsLook
Five unemployed Moroccan men have set themselves on fire in the capital Rabat after demonstrating against a lack of jobs, especially for university graduates.
At least nine people were killed when a car bomb exploded on Monday inside a residential complex housing displaced Shi’ite Muslims in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. World News Videos by NewsLook
Voodoo was born in the West African nation of Benin. And here it is an official religion. This story follows voodoo priest Aza Ganoun and his daughter Asiba, as she embarks on journey to become a voodoo medium. Arts Video News by NewsLook
Tokyo has said that it will support the U.S.-led sanctions on Iran, and will steadily reduce its orders of Iranian oil. World News Videos by NewsLook
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad meets Cuban President Raul Castro but a bomb attack that killed an Iranian nuclear scientist is not discussed during the meeting. World News Videos by NewsLook
It has been 10 years since the first prisoners arrived at the Guantanamo detention center in Cuba. Some 779 prisoners have passed through the U.S. Naval base since it was designated as a location for holding men suspected of involvement in al Qaeda.