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Australian same-sex couple allowed to leave Thailand with newborn twins
An Australian same-sex couple at the centre of Thailand’s surrogacy scandal has been able to leave the country with their newborn babies.
Philippine militants pledge allegiance to Islamic State jihadists
Hardline Muslim guerrillas in the Philippines said Friday they have pledged allegiance to Islamic State, the extremist jihadists who now control large...
Iranian becomes first woman to win prestigious ‘Nobel Prize of maths’
An Iranian-born mathematician has become the first woman to win a prestigious Fields Medal, widely viewed as the Nobel Prize of mathematics.
Australia warns of poor outlook for Great Barrier Reef
Climate change remains the most serious threat to the Great Barrier Reef and the outlook for the natural wonder is “poor”, an Australian government...
Mystery of missing cats ‘solved’ by capture of 54kg Burmese python
A 54kg Burmese python has been blamed for eating numerous cats in a Florida city.
Jewish group urges name change for French hamlet called ‘Death to Jews’
Prominent Jewish group the Simon Wiesenthal Centre has sent a letter to France’s interior minister to demand a tiny hamlet south of Paris called...
Photo of child holding decapitated head brings grandfather to tears
The horrifying image of the Sydney-raised boy posing with the rotting head of a soldier has plunged his grandfather into despair.
Not pinching pennies: This is how Bill Gates holidays
When one of the world’s richest men goes on holiday, he does it like no one else.
WWII vet who found Hitler’s top hat dies at 88
The New York man whose story of finding Adolf Hitler’s top hat at the end of World War II was told in a 2003 documentary film has died.
NATO chief warns Russia to ‘step back from the brink’ of war with Ukraine
NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen urged Russia to “step back from the brink” during a visit to Kiev on Thursday and vowed support for Ukraine...
China imposes new restrictions on instant messaging tools
China will force real-name registrations on users of instant messaging tools and require public accounts wishing to publish or reprint political news to...
Australia investigates ‘paedophile father’ in Thai baby scandal
Australian authorities are investigating the father at the centre of a Thai surrogate baby scandal, who has been exposed as a convicted paedophile, to...
Samsung says patent lawsuits with Apple dropped outside U.S.
Arch-rivals Samsung and Apple have decided to drop a series of bitter patent disputes pending in multiple courts outside the United States, the South Korean...
Afghan attack: Two-star U.S. general killed near Kabul academy
A gunman, wearing an Afghan army uniform, turned his weapon against U.S. soldiers as well as other Afghans at a military academy that trained officers...
Batman bargain: Creator Bob Kane’s personal comics up for auction
Batman creator Bob Kane’s personal copy’s of the Dark Knight’s earliest adventures will be put up for auction.
'Batkid Begins': Documentary explores viral success of cute Caped Crusader
Everyone’s favourite pint-size superhero is back. Last fall, the world fell in love with Miles Scott, who became affectionately known as Batkid,...
Millions of gallons of water wasted as broken pipe floods UCLA campus
A major water main ruptured underneath a street near the University of California, Los Angeles on Tuesday, unleashing a 20-foot-tall geyser that flooded...
Rats! Famous Paris gardens swamped by tourists … and rodents
On a summer’s day in central Paris, hundreds of tourists are enjoying a picnic in the city’s Tuileries garden.
Top airline chiefs meet to discuss risk of planes over warzones after MH17
The U.N. civil aviation agency will hold a broad international meeting to discuss airline safety in the industry’s most coordinated response to the...
Japan heat wave kills 15, more than 8,000 rushed to hospital
Sweltering summer heat in Japan has left at least 15 people dead over the past week, while more than 8,000 others were rushed to hospital with heatstroke...
U.S. says Russia violated 1987 arms treaty by testing cruise missile
The United States has found that Russia violated a 1987 arms control treaty by testing a ground-launched cruise missile, a senior U.S.
Scientists sent to solve ‘end-of-the-world’ Russian crater mystery
A vast crater discovered in a remote region of Siberia known to locals as “the end of the world” is causing a sensation in Russia, with a group...
Boston bombing suspect’s friend found guilty of obstructing investigation
A college friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been found guilty of impeding the investigation into the deadly attack.
Duchess of Cambridge to make first official solo trip abroad to Malta
The Duchess of Cambridge is to make her first official solo trip abroad. Kate will travel to Malta on September 20 and 21 to represent the Queen as the...
China food scandal as McDonald’s and KFC provider is shut
China has shut a factory of U.S. food provider OSI Group for selling out-of-date meat to restaurant giants including McDonald’s and KFC, authorities...
Video of child beating boy in Lebanon goes viral
Lebanon has ordered an investigation into horrific video footage of a small child beating a boy while being urged on by adults.
As wave of bombs rocks Baghdad, ancient Christian population of Mosul flees
The ancient Christian community of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul had all but fled by Saturday, ending a presence stretching back nearly two millennia...
Philippines braces for new storm as death toll soars from Typhoon Rammasun
The disaster-weary Philippines braced for a second severe storm in five days on Saturday as the death toll from Typhoon Rammasun surged to 77, officials...
Israel to ‘significantly’ widen ground offensive in Gaza as death toll mounts
Israel’s military is ready for a “significant expansion” of the Gaza ground offensive that has already claimed at least 24 lives.
Kabul airport attacked by insurgents; Taliban claims responsibility
Insurgents used rockets to attack the Kabul International Airport in the Afghan capital Thursday, a senior military official said.
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