MOI: Bahrain Customs President Shaikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa has praised the cooperation between the Customs Affairs and the Emirate of the Eastern Province, the Saudi Customs and the King Fahd Causeway General Organisation with the authorities in Bahrain. (More Details)

MOI: Minister of State for Interior Affairs Major-General Adel bin Khalifa Al Fadhel received Chinese Ambassador Li Chen on Tuesday. (More Details)

BBC: The Taliban on Wednesday claimed responsibility for an attack in Afghanistan overnight that killed four US troops, just hours after Washington said its officials would met the insurgents for talks.   (More Details)

Agence France-Presse:  North Korea has angrily denied a report that its ruler used Adolf Hitler's memoir as a leadership guide, threatening to kill the authors of the report.   (More Details)

CNN: A court in Egypt decided to release former President Hosni Mubarak on one charge, but the former ruler remains in jail on other counts, his lawyer said Tuesday,   (More Details)

BBC: The King of Jordan has endorsed a treaty with the UK, paving the way for the extradition of radical cleric Abu Qatada.   (More Details)

BBC: The UN says 7.6 million people became refugees in 2012, with the total number now higher than at any time since 1994.   (More Details)

BBC: At least 31 people have been killed in a double suicide bomb attack at a Shia mosque in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.   (More Details)

BBC: Brazil's government says it will deploy soldiers to five major cities to control a wave of protests which has seen a quarter of a million people demand better public services.   (More Details)

BBC: High levels of a toxic radioactive isotope have been found in groundwater at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator says.   (More Details)

BBC: An open letter published in the Lancet medical journal calls for hunger-striking Guantanamo Bay detainees to receive independent medical care.   (More Details)

BBC: Military helicopters are leading rescue operations in India's flood-hit northern states, where 130 people are now known to have died.   (More Details)

BBC: Wikileaks website founder Julian Assange has vowed to remain in the Ecuadorian embassy in London even if accusations of sex crimes are dropped.   (More Details)

BBC: Nasa's Cassini probe is going to try to take a special picture of Planet Earth.   (More Details)

BBC: Riot police and protesters clashed in fresh protests on Tuesday in Brazil's largest city, Sao Paulo.   (More Details)

BBC: The UN says 7.6 million people became refugees in 2012, with the total number now higher than at any time since 1994.   (More Details)

BBC: US President Barack Obama has arrived in Berlin at the start of a visit during which he will address crowds at the city's famous Brandenburg Gate.   (More Details)

BBC: Four US soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan, hours after the US announced direct talks with the Taliban.   (More Details)