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Afghans consider stoning adulterers
AFGHANISTAN is considering bringing back stoning for adultery, possibly restoring a punishment in force during the Taliban's brutal regime. More World News
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Protesters take over Thai ministries
ANTI-government demonstrators in Thailand occupied two government ministries, turning up the pressure on the Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. More World News
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Bikini prank blamed for fatal car crash
A YOUNG woman was cleared of responsibility in a fatal crash after a backseat passenger unfastened her bikini causing her to lose control of her car. More World News
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Man 'killed doctor over birth defect'
A US man who shot and killed the doctor who helped delivered him may have been motivated by anger over his birth defect. More World News
Read MoreCourageous fan breaks jumper's fall
POLICE praised a fan for saving the life of a woman who jumped from the third-level deck of the Oakland Raiders' home stadium by breaking her fall.
Nuke deal may lower petrol prices
OIL prices may head lower after a nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers, even though it does not loosen Iran's oil sanctions.
Keys pays visit to typhoon refugees
GRAMMY-winning singer Alicia Keys visited a Philippine air force base to bring cheer to hundreds of evacuees from Typhoon Haiyan.
iPhone thief sends list of contacts
A CHINESE thief painstakingly wrote out 11 pages of telephone numbers from a stolen iPhone and sent them to the owner.
Dentists convicted of daughter's killing
A COURT has found a rich dentist couple guilty of slitting the throats of their teen daughter and a servant in a murder case that has obsessed India.
Syria to hold civil war peace talks
SYRIAN government and opposition negotiators will meet for the first time since start of the country's 32 month-old war on January 22.
Husband kept wife prisoner 22 years
A WOMAN waived her right to anonymity to ensure her ex-husband's name could be published as he was jailed to 24 years for sex and violence charges.
Woman celebrates her mastectomy
A WOMAN who had a mastectomy hopes to help remove the fear and mystery about the operation by celebrating it in a picture exhibition online.
No roof, water, power in typhoon hospitals
THIS woman is forced to stay by her husband's bed, unable to eat or go to the bathroom because she is manually working a pump to keep him alive in post-typhoon Philippines.
Little relief amid apocalyptic rubble
A RUN-down, single-story building with filthy floors has become Tacloban's hospital after last week's typhoon. It has little medicine, no facilities and few doctors. What it is not short of is patients.
Anarchy rises as aid dribbles in
'IT'S survival of the fittest': Desperately needed food, water and medical aid is trickling into devastated Tacloban as thousands jam into the damaged airport.
PNG grenade attack 'kills 34'
AS MANY as 34 people have been killed in a remote part of Papua New Guinea after a grenade was thrown as part of a tribal war.
Afghans consider stoning adulterers
AFGHANISTAN is considering bringing back stoning for adultery, possibly restoring a punishment in force during the Taliban's brutal regime.
Protesters take over Thai ministries
ANTI-government demonstrators in Thailand occupied two government ministries, turning up the pressure on the Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
Keys pays visit to typhoon refugees
GRAMMY-winning singer Alicia Keys visited a Philippine air force base to bring cheer to hundreds of evacuees from Typhoon Haiyan.
iPhone thief sends list of contacts
A CHINESE thief painstakingly wrote out 11 pages of telephone numbers from a stolen iPhone and sent them to the owner.
Dentists convicted of daughter's killing
A COURT has found a rich dentist couple guilty of slitting the throats of their teen daughter and a servant in a murder case that has obsessed India.
Indonesia helps China spy on us
INDONESIA'S military intelligence agency is using Chinese surveillance equipment to target Aussie officials, companies and individuals.
Bikini prank blamed for fatal car crash
A YOUNG woman was cleared of responsibility in a fatal crash after a backseat passenger unfastened her bikini causing her to lose control of her car.
Man 'killed doctor over birth defect'
A US man who shot and killed the doctor who helped delivered him may have been motivated by anger over his birth defect.
Bust exposes N Korea's meth trade
THE capture of five men in a Drug Enforcement Administration sting operation has given fresh insight into methamphetamine production in North Korea.
Bid to teach computer common sense
RESEARCHERS are trying to create artificial intelligence by letting a super computer browse millions of images and decide for itself what they mean.
Woman dies on first walk in months
A WOMAN who survived cancer and a devastating motorcycle crash was killed by a car on her first walk outdoors since the accident.
Navy Captain Kirk ready to boldly go
CAPTAIN Kirk's futuristic-looking vessel has cutting-edge technology, new propulsion and powerful armaments, but it isn't the Starship Enterprise.
Death god's temple still packs a scare
THE skulls should have been a dead giveaway. A recently uncovered temple in Mexico is the first found dedicated to the ancient god of death Mictlantecuhtli.
Sewage clogs Rio's Olympic waterways
BRAZIL'S waterways are full of rubbish and untreated sewage and could pose a health threat to Olympic athletes, officials warn.
Dead baby found alive 10 hours later
A NEWBORN baby came back from the dead more than 10 hours later when her father came to collect her in a box from the morgue and heard a sound.
Jet skids off runway in Buenos Aires
AN AUSTRAL jet with 96 passengers aboard skidded off a runway at Buenos Aires' Ezeiza airport Friday after landing in a storm.
Welcome to the kidnap capital of the world
FIVE people are kidnapped and held to ransom here every day. The murder rate is on par with a war zone and law and order is failing so badly that even the criminal gangs are scared.
Mass turtle deaths puzzle scientists
SCIENTISTS are searching for answers as hundreds of sea turtles are washing up dead on the beaches of Central America.
Trapped dog rescued from 'Big Hole'
A dog trapped down a gigantic artificial crater known as 'Big Hole' in central South Africa for nearly a week was rescued on Saturday.
Rhino poaching 'nearly outweighs births'
THE number of rhinos killed annually by poachers nearly outweighs births of the endangered creatures for the first time, experts have warned.
President 'sending Kony food'
THE president of Central African Republic is sending food to warlord Joseph Kony who is believed to be sick.
Luxury shanty called 'poverty porn'
A RESORT that allows rich people to live like poor Africans in shanty towns while enjoying five-star comforts has been labelled "poverty porn."
One dead in S Africa mall collapse
ONE person was killed and as many as 50 workers are feared trapped after the roof of an under-construction mall collapsed in South Africa.
Nuke deal may lower petrol prices
OIL prices may head lower after a nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers, even though it does not loosen Iran's oil sanctions.
Syria to hold civil war peace talks
SYRIAN government and opposition negotiators will meet for the first time since start of the country's 32 month-old war on January 22.
Saudi woman's fight to marry her Romeo
A YOUNG Saudi woman has urged a Yemeni court to let her stay and marry the man she loves, defying norms in both deeply conservative countries.
Syria: More than 11,000 kids killed
More than 11,000 children have died in Syria's civil war in two years, including hundreds targeted by snipers, a new report says.
Gamble on secret talks led to nuke deal
THE US and Iran secretly engaged in a series of high-level, face-to-face talks over the past year, in a high-stakes diplomatic gamble.
Have you seen Tutankhamun's sister?
EGYPT is pleading for the return of a statue of King Tutankhamun's sister - just one of 1000 precious historic objects stolen during riots in August.
Slave 'sent love letters to neighbour'
THIS 30-year-old woman allegedly kept as a 'slave' in a South London apartment sent scented love letters to her neighbour, it has been claimed.
Protesters want closer ties with EU
THOUSANDS protest in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, calling for closer ties with the European Union and a loosening of ties with Moscow.
Voters say no to executive pay cap
TWO-THIRDS of Swiss voters have rejected a referendum to cap executive pay at 12 times the wage of a firm's lowest earner.
Another lotto win couple split
A SECOND lottery millionaire couple have split up, as the strain of how to spend their fortune reportedly took its toll on their marriage.
Vatican unveils 'St Peter's bones'
THE Vatican has publicly unveiled a handful of bone fragments purportedly belonging to St Peter, which were found in a shoe box.
Greenpeace crew free to leave Russia
MOSCOW will allow the foreign crew members of Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise to leave Russia as soon as they obtain legal status to do so.
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Kissing arrest sparks Twitter outcry
THIS photo of a romantic kiss which saw teenagers in Morocco arrested for being a "danger to social order" has created a social media outcry.