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EXCLUSIVE
'King of the Mountain' brush with corruption scandal
Huang Xiangmo arrived in Australia in near-total obscurity. But he is now the figurehead of the new ...
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'Advanced stage' attack planned
The Australian government has warned terrorists may be in the advanced stages of preparing attacks ...
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Beijing overtakes NY as 'Billionaire Capital'
Move over, New York City: Beijing minted 32 new billionaires last year to your four.
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First trial over Cologne NYE crimes
Two men have been convicted of theft and given suspended sentences in the first trials for the New ...
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Analysis
'Bladder-voiding panic' over Trump's win
Analysis: Donald Trump's latest win in Nevada shows that he is not uniting the Republican Party but ...
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Reunited with a kidnapped child 18 years later
Celeste Nurse simply thought the nurse who offered to calm her baby was trying to help.
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'We made Savile a VIP': child abuse investigation shows disturbing celebrity trend
The power of celebrity in modern culture means that predatory child abusers may still lurk in the ...
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International school teachers sent back to jail
Two former teachers at the prestigious Jakarta Intercultural School have been re-sentenced to jail ...
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Russia gives a gift of 10,000 automatic rifles to Afghanistan
Afghan officials took delivery of 10,000 automatic rifles and millions of rounds of ammunition as a ...
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Protesting students torch South African uni
A university in South Africa was evacuated after students torched buildings.
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China says it 'really needs' island defences
China's Defence Ministry says the US is pushing militarisation in the South China Sea.
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BBC bosses unaware of Jimmy Savile sex crimes, but culture flawed - report
The BBC was guilty of serious failings over Jimmy Savile, but senior managers are in the clear, a ...
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US to present draft sanctions on N Korea
The US and China have agreed on a draft resolution for sanctions against North Korea.
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United Nations carries out first humanitarian airdrop in Syria
Islamic State has been taking advantage of Russian air strikes in Syria, using the air cover to ...
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'FMUSLMS' number plate issued, revoked in Minnesota
Minnesota officials seized a "FMUSLMS" number plate and apologised for having issued it at a ...
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Russia's limping economy crimps Putin's support
Workers in Nizhny Tagil gained fame some years back for helping birth Russian President Vladimir V. ...
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NZ doctor flooded with 'trash' applications for $370k job
The New Zealand GP who couldn't find a doctor to take up a $NZ400,000 ($370,000) position at his ...
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Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $100m in ovarian cancer case
Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $US72 million in a suit linking talcum powder to ovarian cancer.
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French special forces waging 'secret war' against IS in Libya: report
French special forces and intelligence commandos are engaged in covert operations against Islamic ...
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Fiji cyclone death toll rises as Australia sends more help
'Whole villages have been wiped out - where there was once a house, there's now a concrete slab,' ...
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Nepal plane crash kills all 23 aboard, police say
A small plane crashed in Nepal on Wednesday in bad weather, killing all 23 people on board, a ...
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Former leader calls for Malaysians to rise up against embattled prime minister
Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has called for Malaysians to rise up against embattled ...
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Fox Hunt: the Melbourne grandmother in Beijing's sights
She says she offered to help Chinese authorities investigate financial irregularities at ...
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How Donald Trump dominated Nevada, in one word
The never-gonna-happen outside candidate won every age group and every education group and both ...
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14 potential US cases of sexually transmitted Zika under investigation
The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has revealed it is investigating 14 new reports of ...