Iraq: The government is using helicopter gunships to hit Sunni Islamic militants in Tikrit, the hometown of the late dictator Saddam Hussein. A major advance involving tanks and thousands of troops may be underway. Meanwhile the US is flying drones …

Flight 370: The missing Malaysian airlines jet was deliberately diverted from its course and flew for at least seven hours, prime minister Najib Razak said today. The plane bound from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing is now believed to have taken …