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Report card raps Australian efforts to improve Great Barrier Reef water quality
Australia’s attempts to curb damage to the Great Barrier Reef, which was almost listed as being in danger earlier this year, are falling well short...
Taliban gunmen kill 29 in attack on Pakistan air force base
Taliban gunmen killed 29 people, including 16 praying in a mosque, when they stormed a Pakistani air force base on Friday, in the deadliest Taliban attack...
Bitter political row after Hungary turns back Croatian migrant train
Hungary has accused Croatia of committing “a major violation of international law” by trying to transport 1,000 migrants by train across its...
Europeans shut borders, block bridges, to halt migrant surge
Thousands of migrants were trapped Friday in a vicious tug-of-war as bickering European governments shut border crossings, blocked bridges and erected...
Atlantic City casino allowed to fire waitresses if they put on too much weight
A casino has been told it can fire its cocktail waitresses if they put on or lose up to 7% of their body weight.
‘Croatia has reached its migrant limit’ says PM amid huge refugee influx
Croatia’s Prime Minister has called a meeting of its national security council after saying the country has reached its limits with the huge influx...
Saudi diplomat accused of gang rape and torture withdrawn from India
A Saudi diplomat accused of repeatedly raping and torturing two maids working at his home has been withdrawn from India.
Republican debate part deux: This time, it’s personal
Donald Trump may have a big target on his back at the second debate of the Republican presidential candidates tonight as his rivals seek to make up ground...
French winemakers hunt for climate change-resistant grape
Amid the bustle of a busy harvest in France’s famed Beaujolais wine-making region, a quiet effort is underway to counter one of the industry’s...
Catalan separatists rally in Barcelona to secede from Spain
Hundreds of thousands of separatist-minded Catalans swarmed Barcelona on Friday, giving enthusiastic backing to independence advocates who are hoping to...
‘A lack of fear’: Low heart rates may lead teen boys to life of violent crime
Boys with a low resting heart rate in their late teens run a higher risk of turning to a life of violent crime when grown, a study suggests.
Teen boys with low heart rates at higher risk of turning to life of violent crime
Boys with a low resting heart rate in their late teens run a higher risk of turning to a life of violent crime when grown, a study suggests.
Heart rate in teen boys linked to violent crime in adulthood
Boys with a low resting heart rate in their late teens run a higher risk of turning to a life of violent crime when grown, a study suggests.
U.S. rethinks strategy for battling Islamic State in Syria: Report
The United States is rethinking its strategy for battling the Islamic State in Syria, the New York Times reported on Monday, with the Pentagon looking...
TV comedian is frontrunner for Guatemala presidency as voters weary of corruption
A TV comedian leads the race to become the next president of corruption-plagued Guatemala. With about 51 percent of polling stations reporting, Jimmy...
TV comedian leads race for Guatemala presidency as voters weary of corruption
A TV comedian is leading the race to become the next president of corruption-plagued Guatemala. With about 51% of polling stations reporting, Jimmy...
Guatemalan voters see little hope for an end to corruption
The people of Guatemala are heading to the polls today to pick a new leader as they reel from a corruption scandal which sees their former president festering...
Voters choose their next president but see little hope for an end to corruption
The people of Guatemala are heading to the polls today to pick a new leader as they reel from a corruption scandal which sees their former president festering...
18 feared dead as fishing trip boat capsizes after snagging nets
Ten people died and eight others were believed to be missing after a boat carrying passengers on a fishing trip capsized off South Korea’s southern...
Scientists exploring wreck of sunken U-boat off Rhode Island
Scientists are using submersibles to explore a German U-boat sunk 7 miles off the Rhode Island coast the day before Nazi Germany surrendered in World War...
UN climate talks plagued by twin fears
Negotiators from 195 nations tasked with crafting a universal climate pact are driven by twin fears tugging in opposite directions, which may result in...
Facebook’s WhatsApp hits 900 million monthly worldwide users
Messaging app WhatsApp keeps growing more popular with users each month. The Facebook-owned app, which is used by people around the world to send texts...
With 900M users, WhatsApp solidifies Facebook’s dominance over social apps
Messaging app WhatsApp keeps growing more popular with users each month. The Facebook-owned app, which is used by people around the world to send texts...
Hatton Garden: Pensioners admit part in $15m robbery of ‘impenetrable’ vault
Four men have admitted their role in plotting the Hatton Garden heist, which saw valuables worth more than $15m stolen.
‘Customs scam’ president spends night in jail after new leader is sworn in
Otto Perez Molina has spent his first night in custody after he quit as president of Guatemala to answer allegations over a multi-million-dollar fraud.
65-year-old man mauled by a shark off east coast of Australia
A 65-year-old man was mauled by a shark off Australia’s most populous state on Friday, but managed to get back on his surf ski and get help on shore,...
New leader in Guatemala after ‘customs scam’ President resigns
Guatemala’s new president had only just occupied the vice president’s chair when he was promoted to the country’s top spot following...
Hundreds of migrants storm train to nowhere after police end two-day stand-off
Migrants trying to get to northern Europe have stormed a train at Budapest’s main railway station.
Pregnant French tourist returns to Australia on a mission to find her lost love
It’s like something from a Hollywood movie - a French tourist with no family has travelled half way across the globe to track down the love of her...
120,000 join online fight to protect sisters sentenced to be gang-raped by villagers
More than 120,000 people have signed a petition to stop two Indian sisters being gang-raped and paraded around a village naked with blackened faces as...
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