What are the lessons to be learned from the democratic uprisings in the Middle East?

Ram Aviram, former Israeli Ambassador to Greece, on the urgency of a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine.

New evidence about Britain's News of the World phone hacking scandal suggests some senior executives knew what was going on. Mark Phillips reports on the new revelations.

An Australian teen who was the victim of a bomb hoax, speaks to media. Julie Noce reports.

Police detain two Ukrainian activists from the women's group 'Femen' during a topless protest near the courthouse where former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is on trial. Nick Rowlands reports.

Heavy machine-gun fire was reported in the besieged Syrian city of Latakia Tuesday, as the death toll climbed to at least 35 in the four days since a military assault began there. (Aug. 16)

Syria's President Bashar Assad is losing "the last shreds of his legitimacy" according to the British Foreign Secretary William Hague.

As the conviction and sentencing of people involved in the criminal damage and looting last week continues, questions are being asked as to whether the punishments fit the crime.

The French and German leaders have called for "true economic governance" for the eurozone in response to the euro debt crisis.

China's booming economy and increasingly diverse tastes are forcing Americans at home to pay more for products including cereal, vegetable oil, meat and milk. Celia Hatton reports.

The president of Yemen has promised his supporters he will return home soon from his convalescence in Saudi Arabia.

GRAPHIC IMAGES: Wissam Tarif, a human rights activist, talks about the deadly violence in Syria.

Euro zone growth slowed in the second quarter as the region's two economic engines lost speed.

Colin Barnett: I have never lost my faith in the U.S.