Yemen moves closer to all-out civil war
Ruth Pollard 3:41 PM Yemen's Foreign Minister Riyadh Yaseen issues a call for Gulf countries to launch military intervention to halt Shiite fighters.
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Germanwings Airbus A320 crashes in French Alps
Daniel Fallon 5:58 AM A Germanwings airliner, carrying 150 passengers from Barcelona to Dusseldorf, has crashed in southern France.
Germanwings Airbus A320 crashes in French Alps
Nick Miller 5:47 AM An Airbus plane operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings budget airline crashed in southern France on Tuesday en route from Barcelona to Duesseldorf, police and aviation officials said.
German students, teachers weep for classmates on crashed plane
Kirsten Neumann 4:52 AM Students and teachers at a small-town German high school broke down in tears once they realised that 16 classmates and two teachers were on board a Germanwings airplane that crashed in France on Tuesday on a flight to Dusseldorf.
Mother accused of killing son cleared after 23 years on death row
1:49 AM A woman who spent 23 years on death row in the US over the killing of her young son has had her murder charge dismissed and the case closed.
Myanmar to invite Western observers for general election
Aung Hla Tun 1:46 AM It's the first time in at least 65 years that the country will call in Western poll observers.
Saved by Twitter: Three abandoned children returned to mother after social media trend
Tom Decent 12:48 AM Three siblings abandoned by their father at a busy railway station in Delhi have been reunited with their mother thanks to a social media effort.
US to stop collecting phone metadata if Congress lets law expire
Mark Hosenball 7:30 PM US intelligence agencies will stop bulk collection of data documenting calls by US telephone subscribers in June, unless Congress extends a law authorising the spying.
Lithuania backs the shirtfront on Russia
Daniel Flitton 5:07 PM Tiny Lithuania, with a population less than Melbourne's, is muscling up to the mighty Russian superpower over the war in Ukraine and is happy for Australia's support in the "shirtfront".
Three workers killed in scaffolding collapse in North Carolina
Andrew Kenney and David Bracken 4:53 PM Three construction workers were killed and another seriously injured late Monday morning when an exterior lift system tore from the side of an office building under construction in downtown Raleigh in North Carolina.
Yemen moves closer to all-out civil war
Ruth Pollard 3:41 PM Yemen's Foreign Minister Riyadh Yaseen issues a call for Gulf countries to launch military intervention to halt Shiite fighters.
White House chief demands end to 50 years of Israeli occupation
Doina Chiacu 3:31 PM US expects the next Israeli government to end nearly 50 years of occupation and clear the way for a Palestinian state, White House chief of staff tells Jewish Americans.
'A Rape on Campus': police find no evidence at Virginia fraternity
Owen Robinson and Sheryl Gay Stolberg 3:30 PM The story sparked a national debate about sexual assault on campus, now police say they can't prove or disprove the brutal gang rape of a University of Virgina student.
British police hunt thieves who stole 38 pythons
Michael Holden 2:24 PM British police are hunting for thieves who broke into an apartment in northwest England and stole 38 Royal Python snakes.
Belgium's foreign minister Didier Reynders criticised for blackface dress up
Ishaan Tharoor 2:09 PM Belgium's Foreign Minister Didier Reynders has been heavily criticised for upholding a 133-year-old tradition and dressing up in blackface.
Ancient Rome as we've never seen it
Nicky Phillips 12:15 PM A new technique has turned archaeology on its head, unearthing the oldest known ancient Roman fort without a sod being turned.
Yik Yak: the anonymous app that undermined Ted Cruz's presidential party
Josephine Tovey 11:33 AM Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz's campaign launch party has been spoiled by the app Yik Yak, an anonymous social media network that has exploded in popularity with college students in the US.
After Ted Cruz, who will be the next to launch a US presidential campaig
Jose DelReal 11:31 AM Republican Senator Ted Cruz's presidential announcement signals the start of the next stage of the 2016 US presidential election, with hopefuls making final preparations to formalise their White House bids.
Divisive and extreme, Cruz wears outsider status as a badge of honour
Nick O'Malley 7:58 AM In his speech declaring his presidential run, Ted Cruz asked his audience to imagine a president who would abolish Obamacare and the Internal Revenue Service, ramps up border security, one that was pro-life and who would "uphold the sacrament of marriage" and the right to bear arms.
Amanda Knox case back in Italian courts
Ella Ide 7:13 AM Italy's top court is set to review American Amanda Knox's conviction in the murder of a British student, potentially opening the door to a fierce extradition battle.
Cruz announces run for US president
Nick O'Malley 6:36 AM Ted Cruz, a charismatic conservative senator from Texas, is the first Republican to officially announce his candidacy for the party's presidential nomination, effectively starting the 2016 primary race.
Tunisia PM fires police commanders after attack on Bardo Museum
6:35 AM PM fires six top police officials after he visited the museum 'and took note of several security failures'.
Netanyahu apologises for comments about Israeli Arabs
Jodi Rudoren 6:33 AM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has apologised for warning last week that Arab citizens were voting in "droves", comments that have been denounced by world leaders and many Israelis as anti-democratic, race-baiting and fear-mongering.
