World News Update, what you need to know

Nine Network journalists involved in the much-criticised child abduction case in Lebanon will learn as early as next week whether they will face criminal charges over the bungled Beirut operation.

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LOUISVILLE - A Muslim funeral for Muhammad Ali has drawn thousands of admirers to the boxer's hometown, where mourners prayed over the body of a man who battled in the ring and sought peace outside it.

SOMERSET WEST - South Africa's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by Australian-born former grand slam tennis champion Bob Hewitt and ruled he must serve a six-year jail sentence for the rapes and sexual assaults of young girls he coached decades ago.

LONDON - Creditors of Lucas Neill have held a formal meeting in the UK in the first step of formally determining who's owed what by the bankrupt former Socceroos star.

LIMA - Liberal economist Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has been elected president of Peru, narrowly beating right-wing populist Keiko Fujimori by a hair's-breadth margin of less than a quarter per cent, the country's election authority says.

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama has formally endorsed Hillary Clinton's White House bid and called for the Democratic Party to unite behind her after a protracted battle with Bernie Sanders for the party nomination.