- UK's MI5 chief warns of 'terrorism threat'. Jonathan Evans says Arab Spring indirectly helped bolster al-Qaeda, increasing potential for attack before Olympics.
- The man who took Greece into the euro ten years ago has become the country’s latest finance minister. He is replacing banker Vassilis Rapanos who was forced to resign due to health reasons.
- EU set to discuss size of Cyprus bailout. Country could be asking for up to 10bn euros as nearby debt-stricken Greece appoints a new finance minister.
- A rights organization has reported that at least 30 people have been injured in southern China in clashes between migrant workers and locals of Shaxi town.
- The death toll from a landslide that buried three villages in eastern Uganda stood at 18 on Tuesday, with rescue officials fearing the figure would rise.
- Lonesome George, the last surviving Pinta Island giant tortoise, has died at his home in the Galapagos Islands. Scientists believe he was more than 100 years old.
- NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen has expressed the alliance's solidarity with Turkey following the downing of a Turkish aircraft by Syrian forces on Friday. NATO countries had met in Brussels to discuss the incident.
- Diyarbakır'ın Kulp İlçesi'nde 1991 yılında öldürülen PKK'lıların cenaze töreninde çıkan olaylarda 7 kişinin ölümü ve 2 kişinin de yaralanmasıyla ilgili soruşturma dosyası, ölen 2, yaralanan bir kişinin avukatının 'terör tazminatı' başvurusu ile yeniden açıldı.
- Turkey changes its military rules of engagement and Nato offers strong support after Syria shot down a Turkish plane that strayed over its territory.
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