The army-backed government has been widening its crackdown on Mursi supporters.

He is asking for authorisation to degrade and deter Bashar al-Assad’s capacity to use chemical weapons, says Kerry.

Overnight rates in the money market remained flat at 8.75%.

Hagel says not acting on Syria would undermine credibility of other security commitments of US.

Australian driver will replace compatriot Webber next season.

The Nokia deal thrusts Microsoft deeper into the hotly contested mobile phone market.

The US National Security Agency spied on emails, phone calls and text messages of the presidents of Brazil and Mexico.

Another growing worry for Istanbul has been the Turkish Athletics Federation banning 32 athletes for drugs violations.

One player had set alight the clothing of Blake Johnston, also known as 'Mr Big'.

Interior Ministry figures published on Monday showed 1,792 police have been killed since March alone.