The Pakistan opposition party led by Imran Khan says it is to resign all its seats in parliament in a bid to oust Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

Ricardo Izurieta, who succeeded General Pinochet as Chilean army chief in 1988, during the country's transition towards democracy. dies, aged 71.

Four far-right Jewish protesters are arrested at the Tel Aviv wedding of an Arab Muslim man and Jewish-born woman, reports say.

Germany's foreign minister says four-way talks he hosted on the Ukraine crisis were difficult, but that some progress was made.

US police confront protestors and fire tear gas to try to disperse crowds before a curfew begins for a second night in Ferguson.

US air strikes to support Iraqi forces' efforts to retake Mosul dam are aimed at protecting US interests in Iraq, says President Obama.

The Pope has called for reconciliation on the Korean peninsula, as the US and South Korea begin major military exercises.

The US state of Missouri is deploying the National Guard to Ferguson as protests escalate over the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager.