World News Update, what you need to know

A Lebanese state prosecutor has extended the detention of Australian Sally Faulkner, the Nine Network 60 Minutes TV crew and others on suspicion of attempted kidnapping after assailants tried to snatch Faulkner's children from their father's care.

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NEW DELHI - The Duchess of Cambridge almost suffered a Marilyn Monroe moment when a gust of wind blew her dress up as she paid her respects to India's war dead at a national monument.

ISTANBUL - The Turkish government has demanded that a German comedian who wrote a poem insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan be punished, calling the verses a "crime against humanity".

NEW YORK - Only one of Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump's three oldest children will be able to vote for him in next Tuesday's primary in New York.

BANGKOK - To help combat the carnage on the country's roads during this week's traditional New Year's holiday celebration, Thai authorities are going gory: Drunk drivers and repeat traffic offenders can be sent to work in hospital morgues to see the fruits of their irresponsibility.

LONDON - The sale of a huge Tata steelworks in the UK has been confirmed, safeguarding thousands of jobs.

MOGADISHU - A former media officer for the Somali Islamist group al-Shabab has been publicly executed by a government firing squad for ordering the death of six journalists, court officials say.