Besieged Yarmouk refugee camp a 'catastrophe'
Ruth Pollard 12:03 PM The fate of 18,000 civilians trapped in the besieged Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria – now mostly controlled by the Islamic State – remains in the balance, with the United Nations describing the situation as “catastrophic”.
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UK's Cameron calls anti-EU voters home
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has tried to heal a split on the right of British politics, urging voters defecting for the anti-EU UK Independence Party to come home.
Statue that cast Snowden as a hero removed
Josephine Tovey 2:14 PM A guerilla art project which saw a statue of Edward Snowden erected in New York City was quickly thwarted by authorities.
Lufthansa says not obligated to report record
Lufthansa said it was not required to inform German aviation authorities about Andreas Lubitz's former depression because he qualified as a pilot before stricter reporting rules went into effect in 2013.
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Sydney mum, death row woman may have been victims of suitcase scam
Lindsay Murdoch 1:09 PM Traffickers are believed to have set up a Filipino maid facing execution with the two Bali Nine organisers in a similar way to Sydney grandmother Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto.
Mummified woman's body found in San Francisco house
1:09 PM US authorities have dug out the body of a mummified woman from a San Francisco home.
Biracial beauty queen forces Japan to open minds and borders
Kevin Buckland and Isabel Reynolds 12:37 PM Japan's first biracial beauty queen doesn't see her crowning as a sign the country's ingrained aversion to immigration is softening.
Bali nine: Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan lose appeal
Jewel Topsfield 12:34 PM Bali nine organisers Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan have lost their last ditch legal appeal to save them from the firing squad.
Besieged Yarmouk refugee camp a test for international community
Ruth Pollard 12:03 PM The fate of 18,000 civilians trapped in the besieged Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria – now mostly controlled by the Islamic State – remains in the balance, with the United Nations describing the situation as “catastrophic”.
Woman dies at 116 after six-day reign as world's oldest person
Jon Herskovitz 12:00 PM Gertrude Weaver, who last week became the world's oldest-known living person, has died at the age of 116 at a senior care facility in Arkansas, officials said on Monday.
Kenya bombs al-Shabab camps in Somalia after Garissa attack
Drazen Jorgic and Edith Honan 11:15 AM The Kenyan air force has bombed two al-Shabab camps in Somalia, in the first major military response to last week's attack by the militant group on a Kenyan university.
Melbourne-educated Indonesia MP backs Bali nine mercy
Gabrielle Dunlevy 11:09 AM A young Indonesian politician is rallying support for saving Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran from execution, with hopes of spurring a movement to end the death penalty
Study forecasts 70% loss of Western Canada's glaciers by 2100 from climate change
John Schwartz 10:17 AM The glaciers of the Canadian West could shrink by 70 per cent by 2100, according to new research that has implications for predicting glacier loss around the world.
Rolling Stone retracts university rape story, described as a 'journalistic failure'
Gerry Smith 9:50 AM Rolling Stone magazine failed to follow "basic, even routine journalistic practice" in its now- retracted story about a gang rape at the University of Virginia, a review by the Columbia Journalism School found.
Asia-Pacific leadership: China won't squeeze US out, says Carter
Peter Mitchell 9:08 AM US Defence Secretary Ash Carter has talked up America's importance to the Asia-Pacific and rejected fears China's economic growth would undermine his nation's influence
Pakistan model caught with $US500,000 in her suitcase
8:44 AM She's one of Pakistan's most recognised models, but Ayyan Ali has lately been trying to dodge publicity having spent the past few weeks in prison for allegedly attempting to smuggle half a million dollars out of the country.
China chemical plant hit by explosion
Ben Blanchard and Chen Aizhu 8:29 AM An explosion hit part of an oil storage facility on Monday at Dragon Aromatics, an independent petrochemical producer in eastern China
Ferguson voters, black candidates to make history in council election
Yamiche Alcindor 8:12 AM Voters go to the polls on Tuesday with an opportunity to transform the city's political fabric and put as many as three African Americans on the City Council for the first time.
Sea Shepherd rescues crew of sinking pirate fishing ship
Kate Aubusson 7:54 AM The Australian crew of the Sea Shepherd have come to the rescue of a illegal fishing vessel sinking off the coast of West Africa.
Worse than Beijing: Delhi, the world's most polluted capital
Bhuvan Bagga 7:40 AM India's prime minister suggested Monday the country's "age-old traditions" could be used to ease its choking smog, as he launched a new air quality index for the world's most polluted capital.
French commandos free Dutch hostage from al-Qaeda in Mali
Astrid Wendlandt and Michel Moutot 7:06 AM Paris: French commandos freed a Dutch hostage from an al-Qaeda-linked group in Mali on Monday, more than three years after he was taken captive while on holiday with his wife, French and Dutch officials said.
Syrian insurgents kidnap then release 300 Kurds: Kurdish official
Oliver Holmes 5:29 AM Islamist insurgents have released 300 Kurdish men in the country's north who were taken captive on Sunday, a Kurdish official said on Monday.
Australian military adviser arrested in US on child porn charges
Peter Mitchell 11:08 PM A leading Australian military adviser who worked for the federal government, the RAAF and Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove in East Timor has been arrested in the US on child pornography charges.
Air India pilots grounded after fight in cockpit
7:58 PM Struggling state-run carrier Air India has grounded two of its pilots after a fight erupted between the pair just before take-off.
Thai army holds 10 in south after raids for car bomb suspects
Pairat Temphairojana 4:42 PM Thailand's army said that 10 Muslim activists remained in custody out of a group of 22 detained in the south under martial law in connection with a car bombing.
Republicans push demand for a vote on Iran nuclear deal
Warren Strobel 4:39 PM Republicans in the US Senate have pressed their demand that Congress be allowed a binding vote on a nuclear agreement with Iran.
