Kurdish fighters hold funeral for Australian
Ruth Pollard 9:24 PM The body of Australian army reservist Ashley Johnston, who was killed fighting with Kurdish forces against Islamic State militants, has been handed over to family representatives in Turkey.
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Dozens feared dead as cyclone batters Vanuatu
Lisa Visentin 7:20 AM Dozens are feared dead as Cyclone Pam's gale force winds ripped through Vanuatu on Friday night, as a Cyclone Pam changed directions and made a direct hit on archipelago.
China scrambles jets after Myanmar bomb
Philip Wen 2:25 PM China has lodged diplomatic protests and scrambled fighter jets to the border with neighbouring Myanmar after a bomb from a Burmese warplane killed four people in China's south-western Yunnan province.
'There was a blankness in their eyes'
After years in a Boko Haram camp, the children had forgotten their native language. They couldn't even remember their names.
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Cyclone Pam: at least eight dead so far
Lisa Visentin 8:36 AM As aid agencies continue to grapple with the aftermath of Cyclone Pam, which left a trail of devastation after it tore through the archipelago on Saturday morning, early reports of the human toll have emerged.
Two arrested after gang rape of nun in India
5:56 AM Police in eastern India are investigating the gang-rape of an elderly nun by burglars who broke into a convent school.
Dozens feared killed in Vanuatu by Cyclone Pam
3:30 AM A terrifying tropical cyclone which smashed into Vanuatu has wreaked widespread devastation, aid agencies say, raising fears that dozens may have died in what may be one of the South Pacific's worst weather disasters.
Ice cream-related illness kills 3 in US
12:18 AM The deaths of three people who developed an illness linked to some Blue Bell ice cream products have prompted the US company's first product recall in its 108-year history.
At least 33 dead and scores missing after Myanmar ferry sinks
Hla-Hla HTAY 11:18 PM Rescuers were frantically searching for survivors Saturday after an overloaded ferry sank in rough waters off the coast of western Myanmar, killing more than 30 people and leaving at least a dozen more missing.
Kurdish fighters hold funeral for Australian Ashley Johnston, killed fighting Islamic State
Ruth Pollard 9:24 PM The body of Australian army reservist Ashley Johnston, who was killed fighting with Kurdish forces against Islamic State militants, has been handed over to family representatives in Turkey.
Chile declares state of emergency as blaze threatens Valparaiso
8:19 PM Chile has declared a state of emergency and precautionary evacuation of up to 16,000 people as a raging forest fire threatened the historic port city of Valparaiso, where 15 people died in blazes last year.
Winter ice in the Arctic nears all-time record low
Doyle Rice 5:50 PM The warmth in the Arctic -- where some spots were as much as 7 to 11 degrees above average in February -- contributing to the lack of sea ice there.
China's mountains of red tape angers its growing middle class
Dan Levin 12:18 PM China's bureaucracy has long been a bewildering maze of "relevant departments", official red-ink seals and stone-faced functionaries. To get a license plate for a new car, for example, a resident of Beijing must win a pass in a lottery in which the odds of success are less than 1 per cent.
Sweden offers to question Assange in London
11:58 AM Swedish prosecutors have offered to question WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in London over rape allegations that have driven him to take refuge in Ecuador's embassy in the British capital.
Israel election: Netanyahu shifts tactics as Likud appears to slip
Isabel Kershner 11:28 AM When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made an unannounced visit this week to the Mahane Yehuda market here, he did not invite the local news media. But with just days to go before the national elections, the reasons for his concern were apparent.
Ferguson shooting: no arrests yet as police continue hunt for gunman
Nick Carey 11:05 AM Nearly 48 hours after two officers were shot in racially charged Ferguson, investigators had dozens of leads but no arrests to report in the hunt for the gunman.
Women of the Iditarod
Katie Orlinksy 10:17 AM It is difficult to tell if the musher standing behind a sled pulled by 16 dogs and wearing a puffy red parka and a face protector shrouded in frost is a man or a woman. But in competitive sled dog racing, it doesn't really matter.
Australian pleads guilty in US to Silk Road role
Peter Mitchell 9:45 AM An Australian man has pleaded guilty to US charges stemming from his role as a staff member of Silk Road, an underground website where people bought drugs and other illicit goods.
Former Maldives president Nasheed jailed
Mohamed Visham 9:20 AM Former Maldives president and opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed has been sentenced to 13 years in prison after being convicted of a terrorism charge, a ruling that is likely to fuel further unrest.
Pakistan successfully test-fires own drone aircraft to target militants
8:52 AM Pakistan's military has test-fired a Pakistani-built unmanned aircraft armed with a laser-guided missile on Friday, an army statement said, giving it a new weapon to target Taliban and other jihadist militants in its lawless border areas.
Rumours Vladimir Putin fathered child with lover Alina Kabaeva
Roland Oliphant in Moscow Rumours continued to swirl on Friday over the whereabouts of Vladimir Putin, with one newspaper claiming that the Russian president had fathered a child with his long-term girlfriend.
Indian bride walks out of wedding when groom fails maths test
New Delhi: An Indian bride walked out of her wedding ceremony after the groom failed to solve a simple math problem, police said on Friday.
Penis transplant is 'successful' for the first time in history, South African surgeons say
John Viljoen 'We are very surprised by his rapid recovery,' surgeons say after the man regained all functions in the transplanted organ.
Cyclone Pam hits Vanuatu: More than 200,000 people at risk from category 5 tropical storm
London: A massive storm is bearing down on the South Pacific island of Vanuatu, bringing with it gusts of up to 240 kilometres per hour and putting nearly 250,000 people at risk, aid agencies said on Friday.
As Ferguson manhunt grinds on, leaders aim to defuse tension
Nick Carey and Jim Young The hunt for suspects in the shooting of two police officers at a protest rally in Ferguson, Missouri, entered a second day on Friday as community leaders appealed for reconciliation and justice in a town struggling against a legacy of racial rancor.
Carbon emissions stop rising amid growth for first time in 40 years
Mathew Carr Global emissions were unchanged last year, the first time that's happened amid economic growth in four decades, according to the International Energy Agency.
