International press at a glance

BBC

The Pentagon is investigating the top US commander in Afghanistan, Gen John Allen, for sending potentially "inappropriate" emails to a woman linked to ex-CIA director David Petraeus, defence officials say.

Sky News

Israel has been dragged closer to the Syrian civil war after using tanks to attack Syrian mobile artillery which had earlier fired a round harmlessly into the Golan Heights.

Reuters

In 2007, a year before Beijing hosted the Olympics, China's Communist rulers made a special effort at a five-yearly congress to show the world transparency and grant rare open access to foreign media.

The Guardian

The Syrian opposition says it has been promised western military support in return for forming a united front, in advance of a donors' conference in London on Friday intended to consolidate the new rebel coalition.

BBC

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has arrived in the Australian city of Perth for annual security talks.

ABC News

Lashing back at criticism from Beijing, the Dalai Lama on Tuesday said China needs to thoroughly investigate the causes of self-immolations by Tibetans and blamed "narrow-minded Communist officials" for seeing Buddhist culture as a threat.