The US confirms it intends to sell $60bn of arms to Saudi Arabia, possibly supporting some 75,000 jobs.

An appeals court rules the US military can temporarily reinstate a ban on openly gay people serving, in a move adding to disarray around the issue.

China is trying to prevent a report which says Chinese bullets have been used against peacekeepers in Darfur from being published, diplomats say.

Protests against pension reforms in France temporarily block access to Marseille airport as strikes paralyse the city, which is now the main focus of the action.