White House also acknowledges its limitations compared to its close allies

Local media report intimidating queues, brisk business at hawker outlets across city-state

Pilot project aims to treat addictions rather than jail users for possession

Manila also protests China’s ‘unilateral’ imposition of fishing moratorium near disputed Spratly Islands

Benny Gantz proposes this for La Familia, Lehava groups, accused of violence towards Palestinians

South Ossetia’s president cites ‘uncertainty’ of ‘legal consequences’ for scrapped July 17 vote 

Any proposed regulation faces deep resistance from most Republicans, some rural-state Democrats

Taipei scrambles aircraft, deploys missile defence systems to monitor reports of 30 jets entering area

Gap equivalent to around two to three months of consumption, says spy agency’s World Factbook

Bill would prohibit buying, selling, transferring, importing of such arms anywhere in country

‘Not a gay disease’, stresses official, as virus could spread among any group of people in crowded spaces

27-nation bloc emerges with deal after facing resistance from Hungary, other countries reliant on the fuel

Downed aircraft seems to have collided with big rock on hill, says airport spokesman