Our top stories include:
An attack on a synagogue in Jerusalem has left five dead.
“Palestinian leadership must condemn this and they must begin to take serious steps to restrain any kind of incitement that comes from their language, from other people's language, and exhibit the kind of leadership that is necessary to put this region on a different path.”
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called a snap election for next month.
"I want to make it clear through the debates during this general election, whether our economic policies are right, or wrong, or if there is no other choices available for us."
Germany urges Russia to help respect the ceasefire in Ukraine.
“We have to be more concrete and work further on the so-called disengagement, the draft of a disengagement programme which is close to being completed.”
And a new government report shows that the migrant population in China continues to rise.
“The average age of the migrant population is rising. Migrant workers are getting married and having children at older ages than before."
Those stories and more over the hour and towards the end of the show we'll be looking at comments online about cyberbulling.
Now our global survey of headlines
First up, in Asia,
In India, thousands of supporters of a controversial Hindu guru have clashed with police outside their ashram in the northern Indian state of Haryana.
In Thailand, a military helicopter carrying nine army personnel has crashed after taking off from an army camp, killing all on board.
In Oceania,
In Australia, a change to the refugee policy means thousands of asylum seekers living in Indonesia cannot apply to be resettled here.
In New Zealand, a former transport minister has been fined about 1,600 US dollars for illegally bypassing airport security.
Moving on to Africa,
In Cote d'Ivoire, the defense minister has ordered soldiers to return to their barracks after they staged protests in at least two cities to demand unpaid allowances.
In Kenya, at least three people have been stabbed to death by rampaging youths, hours after police raided two mosques they accuse of having links with militant Islamist.
And in the Middle East,
In Iraq, security forces have reached the Baiji oil refinery after driving out IS fighters from the area.
In Syria, Kurdish fighters have captured six buildings from IS militants besieging the Syrian town of Kobani, also seizing a large haul of their weapons and ammunition.
Looking to Latin America,
In Brazil, the trial has begun in Rio de Janeiro of tycoon, Eike Batista. Once named as one of the world's richest men, he faces charges of insider trading.
In Colombia, Farc rebels have defended the kidnapping of a general and his two companions during peace negotiations.
And in Europe,
In Italian, anti-mafia police have released unprecedented footage of mifia initiation and have also arrested some 40 suspects.
In Switzerland, Fifa has submitted a 'criminal complaint' to the attorney general after a two-year investigation into possible World Cup corruption.
And finally in North America,
In the U.S., the Senate has narrowly failed to pass a bill approving the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline.
Staying in the country, Charles Manson has been granted a license to marry a 26-year-old woman who has been visiting him in prison.