20/10/2012 11:48
International press at a glance
BBC
The UN Security Council says it intends to impose sanctions against leaders of the M23 rebel movement in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Sky News
A top Lebanese security official is among eight people killed by a car bomb in the country's capital Beirut.
Reuters
Mediator Lakhdar Brahimi will meet Syrian officials over the next few days in an effort to secure a brief ceasefire in the worsening war between President Bashar al-Assad's government and rebel forces.
Fox News
Iran's state radio says a passenger bus full of students has overturned in southwestern Iran due to high speed, killing 21.
The Independent
North Korea threatened yesterday to bombard a tourist area in South Korea with artillery shells if rights activists carry out their threat to shower the North with anti-Pyongyang leaflets.
Daily Mail
A British woman and an Irishman facing three years in jail for allegedly having sex in the back of a Dubai taxi today denied the charges in court.