Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he will not step down amid corruption allegations that have forced the resignations of three ministers.

David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg issue a rare joint statement backing a £4bn United Nations appeal on behalf of Syrian refugees.

India is checking the tax status of Americans working at schools in the country, amid ongoing row over the arrest of an Indian diplomat in New York.

One dies as student supporters of Egypt's banned Muslim Brotherhood clash with police and set fire to university buildings in Cairo, officials say.

Arvind Kejriwal, the leader of a new anti-corruption party in India, is sworn in as Delhi's chief minister at the city's Ramlila Ground.

A Thai anti-government protester is shot dead in Bangkok amid further signs that the country's political crisis is deepening.

More than 500 municipal lawmakers in one Chinese province have stood down following an electoral fraud scandal, according to state media.

More Chadians flee the Central African Republic after being caught in the fighting there, joining thousands who have left in the past week.