Foreign ministers from Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia are to attend an emergency meeting to discuss the current migrant crisis in the region.

Rebels fighting Syria's government seize the last major army base in north-western Idlib province, an activist group says.

There are calls in Argentina to sack two judges who reduced a paedophile's sentence on the grounds that his six-year-old victim was abused before.

Iraq's government calls for volunteers to fight against IS and help retake the city of Ramadi, as US officials discuss the setback.

People on a boat which went missing off Thailand last week are rescued near Indonesia, as Malaysia and Indonesia offer temporary shelter to migrants.

Ten youths have been arrested by Canadian police on suspicion of planning to travel to Iraq and Syria to join Islamic State.

North Korea abruptly cancels a visit by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, one day before he was due in the border city of Kaesong.

Israel suspends new rules that would have had the effect of separating Palestinian and Jewish passengers on buses travelling to the West Bank.