International press at a glance

BBC

International efforts to finalise a ceasefire are being stepped up after a night of renewed Israeli air strikes in Gaza and sporadic Hamas rocket attacks.

Reuters

India secretly executed the lone survivor of a Pakistan-based militant squad on Wednesday, just days before the fourth anniversary of an attack that killed 166 people in a rampage through the financial capital Mumbai.

Voice of America

China's new leaders may be moving closer to resolving disputes over the South China Sea through a regional alliance rather than through separate negotiations with each of its territorial rivals.

BBC

Mohammad Ajmal Amir Qasab, the sole surviving gunman from the 2008 Mumbai attacks, has been hanged.

The Guardian

Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), had fallen to rebels. M23 fighters captured the seat of the world's biggest peacekeeping operation with ease on Tuesday, parading past UN troops who offered no resistance.

Daily Mail

Two Afghan men tried to disguise themselves as women to carry out an attack on a government building in the Afghan city of Herat, it has been claimed.