The Palestinian Liberation Organisation ends security co-operation with Israel which dates back to the 1993 Oslo Accords.

US actor Harrison Ford is in a "moderate condition" after crashing a small plane on to a golf course in Los Angeles, US media report.

Nine people have been injured in a knife attack at a station in Guangzhou, with one attacker shot dead, police say.

Senior figures in Congress urge the US president to send lethal defensive weapons to Ukraine in its fight against pro-Russian rebels.

South Korean police say they are seeking a detention warrant for a man who slashed the US ambassador to South Korea on charges of attempted murder.

Canada has confirmed that a Canadian pastor Hyeon Soo Lim has been detained by North Korea, his family and church say.

Archaeologists and officials express outrage about the reported bulldozing of the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud in Iraq by Islamic State (IS) militants.

An Austrian panel is due to recommend whether a major painting by Gustav Klimt' should be returned to the heirs of its original Jewish owners.