World News Update, what you need to know

BERLIN - Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot suspected of deliberately crashing a Germanwings passenger plane last week, had received therapy for suicidal tendencies before obtaining his pilot licence, prosecutors say.

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LE VERNET, France - Melbourne man Malcolm Coram, who lost his sister and nephew in the Germanwings disaster, says he's not angry about what happened and feels sorry for the parents of the co-pilot accused of deliberately crashing an Airbus A320 into the French Alps.

FORT MEADE, Maryland - Police have opened fire and one suspect is dead after a car tried to ram its way into the headquarters of the US National Security Agency.

TUNIS, Tunisia - Tunisia's National Bardo Museum has reopened to the public again for the first time since extremist gunmen opened fire on foreign tourists earlier this month, killing 22 people including one Australian.

LAUSANNE - US Secretary of State John Kerry says he and his global counterparts are going to work deep into the night seeking to resolve the remaining "tricky issues" as a deadline on the Iran nuclear talks looms.

LONDON - British Prime Minister David Cameron has informed the Queen of the dissolution of parliament, firing the formal starting gun on what he has termed "the most important general election in a generation".