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The Australian government has updated its travel advice to Indonesia to warn the country is experiencing sporadic transmission of the mosquito-borne Zika virus.

As Britain searches for answers over its first murder of a female MP, Jo Cox, attention is focused on the alleged killer: 52 year-old Thomas 'Tommy' Mair, a quiet loner whose motives are still a mystery.

Chinese authorities say the first Australian conviction under Operation Fox Hunt is a case of fake identity.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the whole of the Labour party "and indeed the whole country will be in shock at the horrific murder".

British Prime Minister David Cameron's high-stakes decision to let the British public decide whether the country stays in the European Union looks increasingly like a bad bet, with his party veering into civil war and the polls pointing toward an exit.

Although it claims to have just 6000 members, Britain First has built an army of online fans, using social media to push innocuous causes, such as ending animal cruelty or promoting Remembrance Day poppies, and asking users to "like" its messages.

Jo Cox was on her way to carry out perhaps the most important duty of any MP at lunchtime yesterday: meeting her constituents so she could listen to their problems and represent their views.

Hoping to dramatise the issue of campus sexual assault, 18 members of the US House of Representatives took turns reading portions of the 7200-word letter a woman known as Emily Doe wrote to the former Stanford University student who raped her.

A British taxi driver has been rushed to hospital, suffering from severe stomach pains, after eating three chicken wings doused in sauce made from what is thought to be the world's hottest chilli pepper.

A UN inquiry has found evidence of mass executions of members of the religious minority.

More than 50 State Department diplomats have signed an internal memo sharply critical of the Obama administration's policy in Syria, urging the United States to carry out military strikes against the government of President Bashar Assad to stop its persistent violations of a cease-fire in the country's five-year-old civil war.

A mother from Massachusetts has shared photos online showing her son wading in the water where 2-year-old Lane Graves was later attacked by an alligator.

Lord's Resistance Army militants are notorious for mutilating civilians and kidnapping children for use as fighters, and the International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for the LRA's messianic leader, Joseph Kony, and other senior commanders.

The man held over the fatal attack on British Labour MP Jo Cox has been described by neighbours as a "loner".

While the high tides off the coast Bali have subsided in recent days, tourists have been warned to stay alert at beaches and seaside tourist venues with more big waves expected next week.

One of the five Hong Kong booksellers who went missing late last year has provided an explosive account of his detention and mistreatment by Chinese authorities in the case widely regarded as the most serious violation of Hong Kong's autonomy by Beijing since its handover from British rule.

Republican Senator John McCain used Thursday's debate on gun control to accuse President Barack Obama of being "directly responsible" for the Orlando shooting.