A recent report showed that the American arms industry made billions last year selling to states with questionable human rights records.

A panel discussion of the conditions in Syria.

Heathrow Airport expects to set a new record for passenger numbers as it welcomes athletes to the London 2012 Games.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton touches down in Tel Aviv following talks with the new government of Egypt.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says it's a time of change and opportunity in the middle east. Clinton is visiting Israel on Monday.

Britain's government is calling in several thousand troops to beef up Olympic security. A contractor was not able to provide all of the security workers that it was supposed to provide.

Fireworks illuminated the sky over Paris on Saturday evening as France celebrated Bastille Day. An estimated 500,000 Parisians and tourists gathered to watch the show.

North Korea's army chief has been removed from all his posts due to illness, state media announces, which analysts say it shows new leader Kim Jong-Un tightening his control over the powerful military.

John Noonan says that the ECB needs to do more printing than the Fed over the next few months.

Nawaf al Fares, the highest level official to defect from Syria, talks to Ivan Watson about relations with al-Qaeda.

Syria's government says event in Tremseh was a military action, not a massacre.

Steff Gaulter details how the rains falling from a 'massive cloud' that spans from China into Japan has turned to flooding in Kyushu, a mountainous island which has seen over 500 milimetres of rain in a 24-hour period.

Michigan Congressman Mike Rogers explains options available to the U.S. Congress.