Living with a bomb: life after the Gaza war
Ruth Pollard 3:47 PM For seven months, the Nasser family lived above an unexploded one-tonne bomb that crashed through their roof during last year's Gaza war.
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Torn-up sick note found in co-pilot's home
A doctor's note for the day of the doomed Germanwings flight shows co-pilot Andreas Lubitz was hiding an illness from his employer.
Italy's top court acquits Knox of murder
2:21 PM Italy's top court on Friday annulled the conviction of American Amanda Knox for the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher and, in a surprise verdict, acquitted her of the charge.
Fears rise as Nigeria as voters take to the polls
With the tight presidential election in Nigeria on Saturday, the leading candidates have taken political advantage of Boko Haram.
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Australian tourist chased after allegedly stealing raw prawns
Lindsay Murdoch 8:25 PM An Australian tourist on the Thai resort island of Phuket was chased by restaurant staffer after allegedly stealing two raw tiger prawns.
South African gay father wins right to maternity pay
Stephanie Findlay 8:21 PM Gay men who have a baby born by a surrogate mother are entitled to paid maternity leave, a South African court has ruled.
Middle East chaos: a patchwork of strained alliances
Mark Mazzetti 5:15 PM The Obama administration is finding itself trying to sustain an ever-growing patchwork of strained alliances and multiple battlefields in the aftermath of the Arab Spring four years ago.
Islamist fighters kill seven in Somali hotel
Feisal Omar 4:44 PM Islamist militants have blasted their way into a popular hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Friday, killing at least seven people and trapping government officials inside, police and witnesses said.
Amanda Knox 'full of joy' after being acquitted of murder by Italy's top court
Massimiliano Di Giorgio and Eric M. Johnson 4:03 PM Italy's top court on Friday annulled the conviction of American Amanda Knox for the 2007 murder of her British flatmate and fully acquitted her in a surprise verdict capping nearly a decade of courtroom drama.
Living with a bomb: life after the Gaza war
Ruth Pollard 3:47 PM For seven months, the Nasser family lived above an unexploded one-tonne bomb that crashed through their roof during last year's Gaza war.
Duchess of Cambridge performs final pre-baby engagements
3:41 PM The Duchess of Cambridge will carry out a series of royal engagements on Friday with the Duke - her last official public events before the birth of her second child.
Germanwings flight 4U9525 crash: Andreas Lubitz planned gesture to 'make everyone remember' him
Patrick Sawer 2:07 PM Airbus crash pilot Andreas Lubitz had been planning a spectacular gesture to make everyone "remember" who he was, it was claimed on Friday night.
Bacall's treasures up for grabs
Jennie Matthew 1:31 PM Jewellery, African art and a pantheon of pant-suits are among screen great Lauren Bacall's treasures that will be auctioned in New York next week, writes Jennie Matthew.
Indiana 'religious freedom' law sparks protests
Michael Barbaro, Erik Eckholm 1:20 PM An Indiana law that could let conservatives refuse to serve gay couples if doing so was against their beliefs has created outrage.
Thousands in Syria face death as Assad regime prevents aid distribution
Ruth Sherlock 1:00 PM The Syrian government is stopping aid reaching needy citizens with up to 185,500 people trapped by government forces, the UN says.
Pao loses Silicon Valley gender bias case
David Streitfield 12:37 PM Suit had claimed venture capital firm retaliated against woman for complaining about gender bias, ultimately firing her over complaints.
Israel to release impounded Palestinian tax revenue
Isabel Kershner 12:23 PM In a clear indication of a desire to ease tensions, Israel announced it would resume the transfer of tax revenue to the Palestinian Authority, three months after suspending the payments.
Mexico pledges 25% cut in greenhouse gas emissions
Alex Nussbaum and Eric Martin 10:34 AM Mexico became the first developing nation to formally promise to cut its global-warming pollution, a potential milestone in efforts to reach a worldwide agreement on tackling climate change.
Chile desert rains sign of climate change, chief weather scientist says
10:23 AM The heavy rainfall that battered Chile's usually arid north this week happened because of climate change, a senior meteorologist said, as the region gradually returns to normal after rivers broke banks and villages were cut off.
Germanwings plane crash: families offered $70,000 initial aid
9:26 AM Germanwings has offered the families of the victims of the French Alps air disaster up to $70,000 per passenger towards their immediate costs.
Cosgrove visits Australian war graves in China
Philip Wen 9:07 AM When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour in December 1941, the Australian government deployed the 1100-strong Gull Force to help defend the Dutch East Indies island of Ambon.
Andreas Lubitz bought two luxury cars days before crash, report claims
Gregory Walton and Justin Huggler in Dusseldorf 9:04 AM Andreas Lubitz went on a spending spree and bought a pair of performance sports cars in the days before he caused one of the worst air disasters in living memory, it has been claimed.
Co-pilot emerges as the mystery of fatal flight
Jack Ewing and Melissa Eddy 8:02 AM Crash investigators say Andreas Lubitz deliberately turned Germanwings flight 4U9525 nose downward over the French Alps.
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan warns against bloodshed ahead of Saturday poll
Tim Cocks 6:20 AM Abuja: Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan warned against violence ahead of Saturday's presidential election as people stockpiled food, cash and fuel for fear of post-election clashes.
Germanwings plane crash: Lufthansa to require two crew members in cockpit at all times
Victoria Bryan 4:27 AM Lufthansa said it will introduce new rules requiring two crew members to be in the cockpit at all times after one of the pilots at its Germanwings unit crashed a plane in the French Alps.
Poland to charge two Russian officials over Kaczynski plane crash
Wiktor Szary 4:18 AM Warsaw: Poland said on Friday it would bring charges against two Russian air traffic controllers over a 2010 plane crash which killed then Polish president Lech Kaczynski, a move likely to damage bilateral relations already strained by the Ukraine crisis.
