Turkey will cut ties with Israel unless it receives an apology over an Israeli raid on a Turkish aid ship bound for Gaza.

Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel could not apologise for a raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla in which nine Turks died.

More than 80 people were wounded across Bangladesh on Wednesday in clashes with police.

US President Barack Obama and Saudi Arabian King Abdullah stressed the importance of a two-state Middle East solution.

Masked protesters rioted across downtown Toronto, setting police cars ablaze and smashing store windows to protest G20.

The G8 nations urged Pyongyang and Tehran to halt atomic sabre-rattling which has set the world on edge.

Japan will start talks with India over a civil nuclear energy deal, Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada said on Friday.

In Tokyo, fans are planning a sleepover surrounded by his possessions, in Los Angeles, devotees will visit his grave.

Chinese companies this month quietly signed a contract to cooperate in the building of two nuclear reactors at Pakistan.