Counter-terrorism police in the Australian city of Sydney arrest two men who were allegedly planning a terrorist attack.

The host of Comedy Central's The Daily Show, Jon Stewart, will step down later this year, the president of the network has confirmed.

US news anchor Brian Williams is suspended by his employer, NBC, after he admitted his account of coming under fire in Iraq was not true.

Verdicts are due in the trial of 46 people accused of belonging to a group that sent jihadists to Syria, the largest case of its kind in Belgium.

President Obama warns Russia that it will face greater costs if it continues its "aggressive actions" in Ukraine ahead of peace talks in Belarus.

The UK embassy in Yemen closes due to worsening security, the Foreign Office says, as the US also shuts its embassy.

A pile-up involving 100 cars on a bridge leading to Incheon airport in South Korea leaves at least two people dead.

Malaysian police arrest a cartoonist for sedition after he tweets criticism of the imprisonment of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim.