A woman who accused Jay-Z and Sean ‘Diddy& Combs of raping her has dropped her lawsuit against both rap artists.

Israel&s military says its forces will remain in five strategic locations in southern Lebanon after today&s deadline for their withdrawal under a ceasefire with the Hezbollah militant group, as Lebanon&s government expressed frustration over another delay.

Security forces in Syria said yesterday they arrested three people involved in the execution of hundreds of civilians by government forces in Damascus in 2013, two years after the country&s 13-year civil war began.

European leaders meeting in Paris yesterday for emergency talks called for higher spending to ramp up the continent&s defence capabilities, but remained split on the idea of deploying peacekeepers to Ukraine to back up any peace deal.