Dutch woman jailed for reporting her rape in Qatar
A Dutch woman who told Qatari police she had been drugged and raped in March has been in government detention ever since on unclear charges, a lawyer said on Saturday.
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The man who could really stop Trump
As America prepares to choose between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, two of the most unpopular presidential candidates in history, voters have yearned for a third choice.
'Did you rage last night?'
Brock Turner told a court his experience with alcohol was minimal before he came to university. Court documents suggest otherwise.
Multiple victims at Florida gay club shooting
Orlando's Police Chief has confirmed that "around 20" people are dead after a shooting inside Pulse nightclub involving hostages that unfolded over three hours early on Sunday morning in Orlando, Florida.
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Reeva Steenkamp's father breaks silence over Oscar Pistorius
The father of Reeva Steenkamp, the model murdered by Oscar Pistorius, will give evidence for the first time next week to ask for the athlete to be given a lengthy prison sentence.
Orlando nightclub shooting: gay club patrons reportedly shot at in Florida
Sri Lankans en route to Australia in boat stranded in Indonesia
A boat with 44 Sri Lankans, including a pregnant woman and nine children, who said they were on their way to Australia, have been found off of Aceh, a northern province of Indonesia.
Four injured in Shanghai airport blast
At least four passengers were injured at Shanghai's Pudong International Airport after an explosion suspected to have been caused by a man who detonated a home-made bomb, authorities said on Sunday.
Stanford rape case: Brock Turner may have sent photo of victim to friends
As lawmakers and celebrity consultants rushed to support their effort, activists handed a judicial commission a million signatures Friday calling for the ouster of a Santa Clara County judge who sentenced former Stanford athlete Brock Turner to just six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman.
Oregon court rules transgender as 'non binary' in US first
An Oregon court has ruled a transgender can legally change their sex to "non binary" rather than male or female in what US legal experts are saying is the first known ruling of its kind in the US.
Drug-resistant super bacteria in Rio Olympics water venues, studies reveal
The long list of water-borne bacteria issues that have plagued the 2016 Summer Olympics from the moment Rio pledged to clean its waterways in 2009 may be growing with the addition of super bacteria.
HP CEO Meg Whitman compares Donald Trump to Hitler
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co chief executive and Republican donor Meg Whitman reiterated her opposition to Donald Trump as the party's presidential nominee and compared him to Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini.
In a sign of new Taliban brutality, a young man is skinned alive
In a remote area of Afghanistan, where thousands of years of hardscrabble tribal culture increasingly mixes with a resurgent Taliban militancy, this is how Fazl Ahmad allegedly died.
Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi to undergo surgery
Silvio Berlusconi is expected to undergo surgery, his doctor said on Saturday, after the four-time Italian prime minister was admitted to hospital this week with a heart problem.
Rye Hunt's cause of death in Rio remains a mystery, police
The cause of backpacker Rye Hunt's death in Brazil remains a mystery, due to the state in which his body was discovered, local police said on Saturday.
Trump apologises for Pocahontas remark ... to Pocahontas
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee is back to his teleprompter-free ways.
Who kills baby tigers?
Tigers leap on cue through a ring of fire, walk along double tightropes and step backwards on their hind legs in scenes similar to circuses that traversed Australia last century.
Islamic State suicide bombs hit Syrian capital
Two suicide bomb attacks have struck close to the Syrian capital Damascus, killing at least eight people and wounding more than a dozen others, state television and an opposition activist group say.
'Life without him is unfathomable': Rye Hunt's family speaks out
The family of Australian traveller Rye Hunt have spoken out, following the discovery of his body in Rio de Janeiro.
FBI accelerates stings on Islamic State suspects
The FBI has significantly increased its use of stings in terrorism cases, employing agents and informants to pose as jihadis, bomb-makers, gun dealers or online "friends" in hundreds of investigations into Americans suspected of supporting the Islamic State.
Bangladesh unravels the targeted slaughter of secular thinkers
At least 39 people have been killed in attacks with machetes, guns and bombs since February 2013. The killings - mostly with machete blows to the back of the victim's neck -have been accelerating lately, with five in April, four in May and at least three so far in June. Finally there might be an understanding of the attackers.
'Leave' 10 points ahead in Brexit poll
The "Leave" or "Out" camp was 10 points ahead of "Remain" with less than two weeks to go before Britain's referendum on whether to stay in the European Union, according to a poll by ORB for The Independent newspaper published on Friday.
Keiko Fujimori concedes in Peru's presidential election
The runner-up in Peru's presidential contest, Keiko Fujimori, conceded defeat on Friday, paving the way for a former finance minister, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, to become the country's next leader.
Ugly face of English soccer on show again
Chairs were hurled around, windows smashed and bottles thrown at police after a second day of violence at the Euro 2016 tournament.
