Saudis upset after Hillary Clinton remarks

Daniel Flitton 2:54 PM   Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have reacted with outrage after Hillary Clinton directly linked them to the funding of terrorism.

30 stories of divorce aim to change law

Amrit Dhillon 3:27 PM   Muslim men in India are being urged to use Ramadan to consider whether it's OK to divorce their wives just by texting a word three times.

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Australian oil rig worker killed on Golan

Kate Shuttleworth 4:54 PM   An Australian worker has been killed in Israeli-occupied territory just days before his 59th birthday.

Sri Lankans disembark boat as police shoots 

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa 4:31 PM   The five women are among stranded 44 Sri Lankans who were en route to Australia when their boat had engine trouble.

After Jo Cox's murder, UK holds its breath

Nick Miller 3:30 PM   The murder of an MP, the first in more than two decades, was an assault on democracy. But whether is was politically motivated has Britain holding its breath.

Bill Gates wants to modify mosquitos 

Caroline Chen 12:52 PM   Infected mosquitoes that can block the transmission of dengue and the Zika virus may be deployed in Colombia and Brazil in the next year

Iraq forces retake Fallujah, facing little resistance from Islamic State

Tim Arango 12:39 AM   The Iraqi flag flies over the city and thousands of civilians flee after being used as human shields by IS.

Australians warned of Zika virus in Indonesia

Jewel Topsfield 11:59 PM   The Australian government has updated its travel advice to Indonesia to warn the country is experiencing sporadic transmission of the mosquito-borne Zika virus.

MP's alleged killer a quiet loner with 'links to far right'

Nick Miller 9:19 PM   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.

Man with two names: first Australian conviction for China's Fox Hunt?

Philip Wen 7:06 PM   Chinese authorities say the first Australian conviction under Operation Fox Hunt is a case of fake identity.

British MP dies after being shot by a man reportedly shouting 'Britain First'

Nick Miller 5:42 PM   Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the whole of the Labour party "and indeed the whole country will be in shock at the horrific murder".

Brexit vote could bring Cameron's government crashing down

Griff Witte 3:48 PM   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.

MH370 search thousands of kilometres off target: Australian aviation expert

Lindsay Murdoch 3:12 PM   An Australian aviation expert says he is convinced MH370 crashed into the sea west of the Malaysian mainland without proper control of the pilots who were incapacitated by a catastrophic event on board the Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777.

Britain's booming far-right party that denies racism but storms mosques

Patrick Foster 2:47 PM   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 killing: How democracy's darkest day in decades unfolded

Gordon Rayner, Robert Mendick, Martin Evans 2:41 PM   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.

Representatives read Stanford rape victim's letter into the US House record

Jasmine Aguilera 2:30 PM   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.

Pub's chicken wing chilli eating challenge lands cabbie in hospital

Helena Horton 2:30 PM   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.

Yazidi genocide: Islamic State tried to exterminate religious minority

Nick Cumming-Bruce 2:24 PM   A UN inquiry has found evidence of mass executions of members of the religious minority.

Dozens of US diplomats, in dissenting internal memo, urge strikes against Syria's Assad

Mark Landler 1:13 PM   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.

Alligator attack: mother posts pictures of son playing in same spot where 2-year-old Lane Graves was killed an hour later

Katie Mettler and Elahe Izadi 11:51 AM   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 rebels kidnap 17 in Central African Republic

Crispin Dembassa-Kette 11:34 AM   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.

Man detained over UK MP Jo Cox killing 'a loner' with mental issues

11:28 AM   The man held over the fatal attack on British Labour MP Jo Cox has been described by neighbours as a "loner".

WA tourists tell of heroism and mayhem as king tides hit Bali beaches

David Prestipino 11:17 AM   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.

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Hong Kong booksellers: 'I was handcuffed and my eyes were covered'

Philip Wen 11:14 AM   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.

McCain says Obama 'directly responsible' for Orlando shooting

Susan Cornwell and Richard Cowan 10:51 AM   Republican Senator John McCain used Thursday's debate on gun control to accuse President Barack Obama of being "directly responsible" for the Orlando shooting.

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