France vows 'merciless' response to atrocity
Nick Miller 5:09 PM France has vowed a "merciless" response to an unprecedented terrorist atrocity: six co-ordinated attacks which stained Parisian streets with blood and left more than 120 people dead.
Top world stories
Has Trump finally blown his election chances?
Nick O'Malley 1:48 PM Billionaire presidential candidate lashes out at all and sundry, including potential supporters, but that won't necessarily hurt him.
US puts sanctions on four North Koreans
Rick Gladstone 4:26 PM Many North Korean envoys are used by their government as arms smugglers and abettors of arms sales prohibited by the UN Security Council, Western officials believe..
Merkel facing coup threat over refugee crisis
Justin Huggler 1:33 PM Angela Merkel's political future is being questioned for the first time in Germany as divisions continue to grow within her government over her "open-door" refugee policy.
Suu Kyi wins Myanmar election
Lindsay Murdoch 10:57 PM Aung San Suu Kyi has officially been declared the winner of Myanmar's election, making history in the once hermit nation ruled for half a century by brutal dictators.
Latest world news
Paris attack: Victims caught up in deadly attacks share tales of terror
Georgina Mitchell 7:23 PM Some heard the gunshots and explosions from a distance, while others were all too close to deadly attacks that left hundreds killed and injured at cafes, restaurants, a concert hall and stadium in Paris on a bustling Friday night.
'This is a terrible ordeal which once again assails us'
Swati Sharma 7:08 PM Declaring a state of emergency and closing the nation's borders, French President Francois Hollande delivered this speech Friday in the midst of attacks that devastated Paris.
Paris attacks: Many dead after shootings, multiple blasts in France capital
7:08 PM A number of people have been killed after a gunman opened fire in central Paris, according to French media.
Brazilian prosecutors seek $360m after BHP-Vale dam failure
David Biller and Andrew Willis 6:48 PM Prosecutors in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais intend to demand that a mining joint venture between BHP Billiton and Vale pay compensation of about R$1 billion ($360 million) for damages after tailings dams burst, unleashing a torrent into the valley below.
Paris attacks: One Australian injured near Bataclan Concert Hall
Allison Worrall 6:44 PM At least one Australian has been injured in the deadly Paris terror attacks, the government has confirmed.
Paris attacks: Terror that unfolded began with blast football fans mistook for fireworks
Julie Power 6:16 PM The worst attack on Paris since the second world war started around 9.20pm Friday night at the Stade de France during a friendly match between France and Germany.
Paris attacks: Mobile phone 'saved man's life' outside Stade de France
Megan Levy 5:57 PM A mobile phone has been credited with saving the life of a man who was caught up in the gunfire when terrorists launched an attack on the Stade de France in Paris on Friday night.
Paris shootings: many dead in multiple attacks
Sophia Phan, Esther Han, Julie Power, Eryk Bagshaw, Allison Worrall 5:18 PM At least 120 killed in at least seven coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris. Former French president Sarkozy said the terrorists had declared war, while the current French President said the hunt for those responsible would be remorseless. "It is horror," he said.
France vows 'merciless' response to unprecedented atrocity
Nick Miller 5:09 PM France has vowed a "merciless" response to an unprecedented terrorist atrocity: six co-ordinated attacks which stained Parisian streets with blood and left more than 120 people dead.
Parisians open their homes as shelter from terror
Jill Stark 5:05 PM Parisians have opened their homes to each other as the city rallies on one of the darkest days in its history.
Paris attacks: terror inside the Bataclan concert hall as gunmen open fire
Megan Levy 4:09 PM Benjamin Cazenoves was one of hundreds of music fans who had filed into the popular Paris concert hall Le Bataclan on Friday night for a sold-out show to see US rock band Eagles of Death Metal.
Mars might be tearing its moon apart
Rachel Feltman 3:49 PM The emotional bond between Mars and its moon, Phobos, is probably a little rocky, according to some new findings.
Paris attacks: One World Trade Centre lit up in colours of French flag
Megan Levy 3:37 PM The spire of One World Trade Centre in Manhattan was illuminated in the colours of the French flag on Friday night.
Gender training aims to curb sexual attacks in India
Alys Francis 3:14 PM NGOs are stepping up efforts to change male mindsets in India in light of a rising number of reported rapes.
Deadly landslide in China
3:11 PM A landslide has buried nearly 20 homes in a village in eastern China, killing at least four people.
'It pays to have flaky mates occasionally'
Ava Benny-Morrison 3:10 PM An Australian freelance journalist is today thankful for his "flaky" friends who couldn't go with him to a Paris rock concert that was targeted in terrorist attack.
Paris attacks: Travel advice to Australians
Eryk Bagshaw 3:00 PM The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has urged Australians in Paris to avoid public places following terror attacks.
German police find eight dead babies in apartment
Joseph Nasr 2:40 PM The bodies of eight dead babies have been found in an apartment in the southern German state of Bavaria, police said, adding that they wanted to question a 45-year-old woman who was the previous tenant of the property.
Leaked UAE emails on arms shipments threaten Libya peace deal
David Kirkpatrick 2:20 PM Correspondence shows how machinations by regional players have inflamed fighting despite claims to want peace.
Paris attacks: World leaders react
1:01 PM US President Barack Obama says he does not want to speculate about who is responsible for the multiple attacks that terrorised Paris on Friday evening.
Paris attacks: 'It was bewildering, and hard to get my head around'
Philippa Hawker 12:59 PM I'm finally starting to get a sense of what happened, and what's still unfolding, and I can't believe what I'm hearing and reading.
Soccer fans sing national anthem as they leave the Stade de France
Neelima Choahan 12:52 PM Paris might be under attack, but its spirit lives on. Despite reports of multiple deaths and shootings across the city, its citizens have shown they are bloodied but not broken.
