GERMANY - Last week's ruling by the German Constitutional Court, coupled with demands by one conservative party for changes to the constitution, may not only jeopardize Berlin's schedule for the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty. The Karlsruhe ruling also threatens future steps toward European integration.
WASHINGTON - To fairly divide the climate change fight between rich and poor, a new study suggests basing targets for emission cuts on the number of wealthy people, who are also the biggest greenhouse gas emitters, in a country.
USA - Organ removed as investigators seek clues to star's death. Michael Jackson will be buried this week– without his brain. As his family tries to finalise details for the King of Pop's funeral on Tuesday they have been told it will be held back for tests.
VATICAN - The Pope is set to blame greed and selfishness for the global financial crisis, in his latest encyclical letter - the highest form of papal teaching. On the eve of the G8 summit in Rome, the letter will remind world leaders, bankers, businessmen and ordinary people of their moral duties.
UK - A steel-cutting ceremony at Govan shipyard later will mark the beginning of construction of two new aircraft carriers, military vessels that stir emotions among supporters and opponents alike. What is it about aircraft carriers?
GENEVA - The Group of Eight nations should not presume a global economic recovery is near, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said in a letter to G8 host Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi obtained by Reuters on Monday.
CHINA - Violence in China's restive western region of Xinjiang has left at least 140 people dead and more than 800 people injured, state media say. Several hundred people were arrested after a protest, in the city of Urumqi on Sunday, turned violent.
RUSSIA - The United States and Russia have agreed a deal to cut back their stockpiles of nuclear weapons. US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev reached the agreement during talks in Moscow.
USA - The first thing you need to know about Goldman Sachs is that it's everywhere. The world's most powerful investment bank is a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money.
IRAN - Iran is ready to take "real and decisive" action if Israel attacks its nuclear facilities, a senior Iranian parliamentary official said Monday. The remarks by Alaeddin Broujerdi, the head of Iran's parliamentary committee on national security and foreign policy, came after US Vice President Joe Biden signaled that Washington would not try to prevent any such Israeli assault.
UK - What is probably the oldest known Bible is being digitised, reuniting its scattered parts for the first time since its discovery 160 years ago. It is markedly different from its modern equivalent. What's left out?
UK - About 800 pages of the earliest surviving Christian Bible have been recovered and put on the internet. Visitors to the website www.codexsinaiticus.org can now see images of more than half of the 1,600-year-old Codex Sinaiticus manuscript.
UK - The UK is to spend £1bn a year in overseas aid on countries that have recently emerged from conflict. The money will target security and job creation rather than traditional areas such as health and education. International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander is expected to unveil the move in a White Paper on Monday.
USA/VATICAN - US President Barack OBAMA IS TURNING TO THE POPE TO BACK HIS VISION OF A NEW ARAB STATE in all of Judea and Samaria and eastern Jerusalem.
USA/ISRAEL - The US will not stand in Israel's way if Israel believes military action is needed to eliminate Iran's nuclear threat, Vice President Joe Biden said on Sunday, during an interview with ABC's 'This Week.'