IS replaced by rubber ducks, courtesy of 4Chan
Mark Molloy 2:41 PM Islamic State terror is on course to get a lot less serious thanks to 4chan users.
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Iran revealing deaths of fighters in Syria
Hugh Naylor 2:09 PM A flurry of reports in Iran's official and semi-official news outlets about deaths in Syria– including funerals and even a eulogy to a fallen general by Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – have surprised analysts who monitor the country's tightly controlled media.
Francis appears on new album 'Wake Up!'
Elysa Gardner 3:29 PM Pope Francis has released his first album, which features many of the Pontiff's addresses laid over rap, pop-rock and Latin rhythms.
'Now the river is dead' – BHP's mud disaster
Lia Timson and Peter Ker 12:15 AM A torrent of mining waste was this month unleashed from an iron ore mine causing Brazil's worst environmental disaster and putting the spotlight on BHP. Why?
Gunmen fire rockets at Mali UN base
3:04 PM Two UN peacekeepers and a civilian were killed after unknown assailants fired rockets at a UN peacekeeping base in Kidal in northern Mali early on Saturday, a UN spokesman said.
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Turkey to hand over body of pilot to Russia - PM
9:45 PM The body of the pilot killed when Turkey shot down a Russian jet was taken to Turkey late on Saturday to be handed over to Russia, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said.
Israeli officers kill Palestinian who stabbed policeman
8:42 PM The stabbing of the border policeman was the latest attack in a two-month wave of violence.
Obama says US has to 'do something' about guns following Colorado attack
7:14 PM President Barack Obama said the United States needs to "do something" to make it harder for criminals to get guns after a shooting in Colorado killed three people and injured nine.
Optimism as 140 world leaders gather for change summit
Adam Morton 6:05 PM Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is coming from the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Malta, where he lobbied other Commonwealth leaders and criticised Opposition Leader Bill Shorten's uncosted pledge on greenhouse gas emissions.
Modi's moment to shine
Natalie Obiko Pearson 4:35 PM India's leader wants to be seen as a problem solver, so will he help tackle global warming or derail a deal?
Brazilian police hunt Santa Claus who stole Sao Paulo helicopter
2:41 PM Brazilian police are hunting for a Sao Paulo Santa Claus who kicked off the Christmas shopping season by stealing a helicopter.
Internet users fight IS terror with rubber duck humour
Mark Molloy 2:41 PM Islamic State terror is on course to get a lot less serious thanks to 4chan users.
Attacks prompt strict border controls as France rejects 1000 people
2:23 PM Under a three-month state of emergency in France, public demonstrations have been banned and police have greater powers of search and surveillance while border checks have been boosted.
Angry migrants stranded at Macedonia's border
Yannis Behrakis 2:02 PM Police in Macedonia fired tear gas and stun grenades at desperate migrants stranded for days at the Greek border and who are demanding passage to western Europe, as soldiers began erecting a metal fence to keep them out.
Momentum for climate deal grows as Obama joins Xi at UN talks in Paris
Alex Morales, Bloomberg 12:33 PM More than 140 world leaders including US President Barack Obama and Xi Jinping of China are gathering in Paris for France's biggest diplomatic event since 1948, striving to reach the first truly global deal to curb greenhouse gases.
Pro-Kurdish lawyer killed in Turkey's Diyarbakir
Constantine Courcoulas 9:02 AM The head of the Diyarbakir Bar Association was shot dead in the Turkish city of Diyarbakir in the clearest sign of a deteriorating security situation in the country's southeast since elections this month.
Three killed, 9 injured in attack on Colorado abortion clinic
Keith Coffman 3:53 AM Police arrested a gunman who stormed a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Colorado Springs on Friday and opened fire with a rifle, killing three.
Suicide car bomb kills five in northern Iraq
2:03 AM At least five people were killed in a suicide car bomb attack in a northern Iraqi town which has recently witnessed deadly clashes between Kurdish and Shi'ite paramilitary forces, the mayor and security sources said on Saturday.
Police officers shot at abortion clinic
Debborah Gough The death toll from the Colorado Springs abortion clinic siege has risen to three people killed, including a police officer.
Silicon Valley brains take LSD to boost productivity
Daisy Dumas Coffee may be your mind-sharpening tool of choice, but some of Silicon Valley's brightest brains are relying on something substantially stronger for their morning pick-me-up.
New women's political party demands faster equality in Britain
Saphora Smith The Women's Equality Party has set up more than 65 branches and says it has more than 45,000 members and supporters.
The one-time Guantanamo detainee now fighting with the US in Afghanistan
Joseph Goldstein Hajji Ghalib did just what the US military feared he would after his release from the Guantanamo Bay prison camp: he returned to the Afghan battlefield. To fight the Taliban and the Islamic State.
Pope in Kenya denounces 'new colonialism'
Jeffrey Gettleman Pope Francis delivered his sharpest remarks yet on his first trip to Africa.
Meet Micah. Is he a climate change refugee?
Adam Morton and Tom Arup, in Solomon Islands, Kiribati and Marshall Islands 12:15 AM Micah Puia lives in a shanty town on a dirty beach in Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands. He is 11-years-old, and has lived here all his life. According to some here, Micah has spent his whole life as a climate change refugee. And he will soon be forced to move.
Smithsonian to get Nola's body and horns
Tony Perry The horns and body of Nola, the northern white rhino who died on Sunday at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, are being sent to the Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington to assist researchers.
