World News Update, what you need to know

Yemen's president and Huthi militia have reached a nine-point agreement under which the militia are to withdraw from government buildings in return for concessions over a draft constitution, state media reports says.

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AUCKLAND - A 52-year-old New Zealand man caught with 1.7kg of methamphetamine in his bag at an Indonesian airport may stand trial in a matter of weeks.

DAVOS - China's economy is not set for a sharp slowdown, Prime Minister Li Keqiang has told business and government elites gathered in Davos.

BERLIN - The leader of Germany's anti-"Islamisation" movement PEGIDA, Lutz Bachmann, says he will step down after a picture emerged that showed him sporting a Hitler-style haircut and moustache.

WASHINGTON DC - The White House has given an icy response to news that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been invited to address Congress next month, suggesting it would be a departure from protocol.

LONDON - A further delay to a report into Britain's role in the Iraq war has sparked angry claims of a cover-up, illustrating the lingering controversy over a conflict in which 179 British soldiers died.

BERLIN - Germany's Foreign Ministry says a German man believed to have been kidnapped in Cameroon by the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram has been freed.

PARIS - France has unveiled a raft of measures to curb radicalisation and better monitor jihadists two weeks after an Islamist killing spree in Paris that sent shockwaves across Europe.