30/10/2012 12:12
International press at a glance
BBC
Militants in Gaza have fired 26 rockets into Israel, officials say, amid a flare-up in fighting which shattered a brief ceasefire between the two sides.
Sky news
A Greek journalist arrested for publishing the names of more than 2,000 Greeks with Swiss bank accounts has appeared in court charged with breach of privacy.
The Guardian
Movement for Tawhid and Jihad in West Africa claims rebels are strengthening and foreign intervention would galvanise support.
News 24
Beirut - Syrian warplanes launched 60 airstrikes against rebel targets around the country on Monday, the most intense air raids across the country since the uprising began 19 months ago, according to anti-regime activists. The suburbs of the capital Damascus were particularly hard hit.
Sky News
A major airport in northern Japan has been closed after an unexploded bomb, believed to be from World War Two, was found.
Reuters
Two Iranian warships docked in Sudan on Monday, Iran's official IRNA news agency reported, less than a week after Khartoum accused Israel of attacking an arms factory in the Sudanese capital.
BBC
"Super-storm" Sandy has swept into the eastern US coast, bringing severe flooding and claiming at least 13 lives.
Reuters
A shallow earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 struck off British Columbia province on Canada's west coast, the U.S. Geological Survey said, the second powerful earthquake in the region in two days.