Sanders supporters 'inflamed and aroused' by win
Nick O'Malley 6:50 PM For Hillary Clinton, the South Carolina primary cannot come soon enough. For Republicans, the torment has no end in sight.
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Police crack Thai fake passport racket
Lindsay Murdoch 4:59 PM Police have disrupted a major fake passport syndicate supplying travel documents to people wanting to reach Australia.
Russia claims Arctic Ocean seabed
A senior Russian government official has formally presented to the United Nations his country's claim to Arctic Ocean seabed, including an area under the North Pole.
Jeb who? Something has clicked for Bush
Something has clicked for Jeb Bush in New Hampshire in the last few days and the crowds turning out to see him are bigger.
Aleppo: 300,000 lives at risk as city encircled
A top adviser to President Bashar al-Assad says Syria won't stop offensive until it secures its border with Turkey, potentially cutting off 300,000 people from aid.
Palace of Henry VIII has 500-year first
"Henry VIII will be spinning in his grave!" screamed a headline in The Daily Mail, a British tabloid. Hampton Court Palace on Tuesday held its first Roman Catholic service in centuries.
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More than 100 arrested in Sicilian anti-Mafia operation
10:16 PM More than 100 suspected members of a Mafia clan based in the Eastern Sicilian city of Catania were arrested on Wednesday on charges of running extortion rackets and drug trafficking, police said.
North Korea 'executes' army chief Ri Yong-gil: reports
10:10 PM North Korea has executed its army chief of staff, Ri Yong-gil, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday, which, if true, would be the latest in a series of executions, purges and disappearances under its young leader.
Indonesian Air Force jet fighter crashes in residential East Java
Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies 7:06 PM An Indonesian Air Force plane has crashed in East Java.
Sanders supporters 'inflamed and aroused' by runaway New Hampshire win
Nick O'Malley 6:50 PM For Hillary Clinton, the South Carolina primary cannot come soon enough. For Republicans, the torment has no end in sight.
US presidential election: the New Hampshire primary live
Marcus Strom, Chris Zappone 2:17 PM The US presidential primary season moves to New Hampshire today after a nail-biter of contest in Iowa. Follow the results as they come in, with reporting from Fairfax Media's Nick O'Malley who at the scene.
Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders win in New Hampshire
Nick O'Malley 2:06 PM Billionaire businessman Donald Trump has won New Hampshire's Republican presidential nominating contest, and Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders has beaten Hillary Clinton.
North Korea satellite achieves stable orbit
2:00 PM A satellite launched by North Korea at the weekend has now stabilised in its orbit around the Earth in a step forward from a previous launch in 2012, a US official says.
'Human error' responsible for German head-on train crash
Friederike Heine 1:43 PM System that makes trains brake if they pass a red light or when track is not clear was working at time of crash, railway spokesman says.
12-year-old boy's heartbreaking letter to the King of Sweden
Michael E. Miller 11:36 AM "I could not go to school anymore because my teacher was killed by a shot right before our eyes," Ahmed wrote. "I cannot forget those seconds. They were my worst moments."
Mother's internet sleuthing about her daughter leads to a troubling discovery
Sandra G. Boodman 10:12 AM When she clicked on a paediatric journal article, the photos of patients' missing and distinctly misaligned teeth stopped her cold. "The teeth looked just like Erica's," she said.
Assault with a deadly weapon? Florida man charged with throwing alligator into Wendy's
Niraj Chokshi and Sarah Larimer 8:22 AM Accused's parents say actions were part of a prank and that son viewed late Australian conservationist Steve Irwin as an idol.
Ten killed, 150 injured in train collision in southern Germany
7:47 AM Brakes should have automatically applied if any train ignored red light or entered track that was not clear, German Transport Minister says.
New Hampshire primary: first votes cast
5:50 AM New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary began well before sunrise on Tuesday US time, with residents in Dixville Notch casting their traditional first ballots just after midnight.
What is Ash Wednesday?
4:54 AM Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, is literally marked on the forehead of observant Christians.
UN renews call for impartial war crimes investigations in Sri Lanka
Shihar Aneez and Ranga Sirilal 4:21 AM The United Nations will not force Sri Lanka to accept a role for international judges in investigating possible war crimes during the 26-year Tamil insurgency.
Guns, drugs and cars: Why Americans die younger
John Tozzi 4:00 AM The average American will die as many as two years sooner than if they lived in Western Europe or Japan, according to a new study.
Taiwan developer in custody after tower collapses in earthquake
J.R. Wu 3:12 AM A local court in the southern Taiwan city of Tainan has ordered into custody the developer of a building which collapsed during an earthquake that killed at least 39 people.
What the fall of Aleppo would mean for the world
Ishaan Tharoor 2:33 AM What happens to Aleppo over the next few weeks may have ramifications for the Syrian conflict and for the rest of the world. Here's why.
North Korea's new satellite flew over Super Bowl site
Eric Talmadge 1:57 AM Here's a bit of Super Bowl trivia: North Korea's newest satellite passed almost right over the stadium just an hour after it ended.
