The Palestinian unity government - made of rival Fatah and Hamas factions - will resign over a Gaza governance row, President Mahmoud Abbas says.

21st Century Fox confirms that James Murdoch will take over as chief executive from his father Rupert on 1 July.

At least 16 people, including 13 children, die after Syrian air force jets bomb a town in the Deraa province, says a UK-based monitoring group.

Federal prosecutors in Brazil say the government must stop the eviction of communities from an area of the Amazon jungle that will be flooded for a dam.

Lawmakers in Hong Kong are set to debate a controversial political reform package ahead of a much-anticipated vote later this week.

Leading Indian architect Charles Correa dies after a brief illness in the western city of Mumbai, aged 84.

Former Turkish President Suleyman Demirel - who also served seven times as prime minister - dies in hospital, aged 90, hospital officials say.

The chief executive of Australia's Woolworths is stepping down after nearly four years at the supermarket chain.