1The American Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is facing the wrath of President Obama after it was revealed that it deliberately targeted conservative political groups for special scrutiny.

2Ryan Fogle, an American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agent, has been caught and paraded before the cameras after being caught trying to recruit a Russian agent in Moscow.

3The White House has released Government emails in an bid to respond to Republican allegations that the White House attempted to cover-up details of the attack on the United States Consulate in Benghazi during last year's Presidential elections.

4British Prime Minister David Cameron's visit to the United States earlier this week lacked some of its usual sparkle, with Cameron's woes at home dogging the British Prime Minister everywhere he went.

5After two years of violence, over 80,000 Syrians have lost their lives and millions more have been displaced. Aid agencies are struggling to cope and the United Nations predicts that within months, four million Syrians will need support.

6After a decade of war, foreign troops are finally withdrawing from Afghanistan. But despite years of attempting to rebuild the country, it remains a nation battered and bruised from its violent past. Interview with BBC Reporter and Producer, Bilal Sarwary.

7Forty-one countries are participating in an naval exercise rehearsing what would happen if mines were laid by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz, thereby blocking shipping lanes.

8The Associated Press is under scrutiny from the United States Justice Department as authorities attempt to pinpoint a leak of classified information.

9Analysis of some of the financial news from around the world.