Democrats 'filibuster' to demand action on gun bills
Donovan Slack 5:01 PM Senate Democrats, led by Chris Murphy of Connecticut, vow to speak for as long as necessary to force the Senate to take action to address gun violence.
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Child abuser Freud linked to McCann family
Nick Miller 7:59 AM Detectives alerted to the fact that Clement Freud had a villa in the resort where Madeleine McCann went missing in 2007.
Orlando shooting: Just another US massacre
Paul McGeough 8:44 PM Take the as-yet unproved foreign terrorism connection out of the Orlando slaughter, and this latest mass killing in the US is just another American disturbance of the peace.
Jail for family of China's ousted security chief
Philip Wen 5:26 PM The wife and son of Zhou Yongkang sentenced a year after he became the top scalp in President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption purge.
Missing EgyptAir plane wreckage spotted
8:06 AM Wreckage from an EgyptAir plane that went missing last month during a flight from Paris to Cairo has been found, according to several media reports.
Wife of Orlando gunman questioned
Paul McGeough 2:46 PM US investigators have questioned the wife of the gunman who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, before criminal charges could be laid.
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British MP shot outside a library is fighting for her life in hospital
Nick Miller 12:46 AM Eyewitness says MP intervened in a scuffle between two men, one of which had pulled a gun from a bag and fired twice.
Crashed EgyptAir plane, black box found
Deena Kamel Yousef 12:46 AM Air-crash investigators have located the wreck of EgyptAir Flight 804 in the eastern Mediterranean, four weeks after the jet disappeared from radar screens with 66 people on board.
Police fire warning shot as stranded Sri Lankan women disembark boat in Indonesia
Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa 12:41 AM The five women are among stranded 44 Sri Lankans who were en route to Australia when their boat had engine trouble.
Third woman claiming Freud abused her calls for knighthood to be revoked
Latika Bourke 10:51 PM The exposed child abuser also reportedly boasted to have been the first person to book Rolf Harris.
Cliff Richard will not face sex crime charges
Michael Holden 8:53 PM Police have apologised to singer Cliff Richard who has been cleared of historical sex crimes.
Democratic senators end 15-hour filibuster saying Republicans agreed to gun control vote
Donovan Slack 5:01 PM Democrats announce Republican leaders agreed to hold votes on gun control laws after the massacre in Orlando.
Last teenager jailed over Chris Lane murder
4:13 PM The youngest of the three boys involved in the random drive-by shooting of Australian baseball player Chris Lane has been sentenced to 25 years' jail.
Body of toddler dragged by alligator at Disney found
Barbara Liston 2:59 PM The body of a two-year-old dragged into waters at a Disney resort in Orlando has been found.
Belgian police alerted to IS fighters en route to Europe
Philip Blenkinsop 2:53 PM Belgian police have received an anti-terror alert warning that a group of Islamic State fighters recently left Syria en route for Europe planning attacks in Belgium and France, a Belgian security source said on Wednesday.
'Out and proud': IS Twitter accounts hacked after Orlando shootings
Jacob Bogage 1:34 PM An anti-Islamic State crusader called @WauchulaGhost has hacked hundreds of Twitter accounts owned by Islamic State supporters, replacing them with porn and gay pride slogans.
Brexit flotilla 'battle' on the Thames between Nigel Farage and Sir Bob Geldof
Nick Miller 1:31 PM The Brexit battle reached new levels of absurdity on Wednesday, in a naval face-off on the Thames between rival flotillas commanded by Nigel Farage and Bob Geldof.
Father of Lane Graves, 2, tried to wrestle his son from alligator'
Nick Madigan, Christine Hauser 1:25 PM Lane Graves was doing what any two-year-old boy would be doing on a hot Florida evening - splashing around in the shallow waters of a lagoon, perhaps giggling with glee. His parents and sister were nearby on the beach at a Disney resort, relaxing, carefree.
Orlando medical examiner's first real day on the job
Frances Robles 1:08 PM On his first real day on the job, his office completed 18 autopsies, then he lost count.
Chinese loan sharks demand nude pics as guarantee
12:36 PM Web-based loan sharks in China have found an unconventional way of guaranteeing loans: demanding naked photos from cash-strapped female university students who want to borrow money.
Barack Obama meets Dalai Lama in spite of China protest
David Brunnstrom 12:25 PM The US president met the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader at the White House on Wednesday despite a warning by China that it would damage diplomatic relations.
Oscar Pistorius walks on stumps in court
6:46 AM Oscar Pistorius has walked on his stumps in court as part of his defence team's argument that the double-amputee athlete, convicted of murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, is a vulnerable man who deserves leniency when he is sentenced.
IT worker detained in connection with Panama Papers leak
Jamey Keaten 5:47 AM A computer specialist for the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca has been taken into custody linked to the leak of a massive trove of data on offshore companies.
IS may live to regret endorsing Omar Mateen's terror
Paul McGeough 5:16 AM Was Orlando gunman Omar Mateen motivated by Islamic extremism or confusion about his own sexuality?
In New Zealand, avocado shortage is ripe target for thieves
Pamela Constable 1:58 AM In the most recent incident, police said, midnight bandits liberated 350 avocados from an orchard on the north island.
Early release ends Matthew Ng jail nightmare
Philip Wen Australian businessman Matthew Ng, dubbed the country's first Chinese political prisoner by his supporters, has been granted early release from prison 18 months after his landmark transfer from the mainland.
