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Internal investigation found Pakistani facing execution is innocent
New revelations fuel fears that innocent people will be killed in Indonesia's looming executions.
The final stand of a Chinese liberal magazine
The journal has become another victim of President Xi Jinping's campaign to tighten ideological control of the media.
Bill Clinton, Bernie Sanders lead cheers for history-making, can-do Hillary
The convention seemed to find its groove on Tuesday, as Bernie Sanders helped Hillary Clinton across the nomination line.
The world's deepest underwater sinkhole discovered in the South China Sea
As local fishermen tell it, the deep blue "Dragon Hole" in the Paracel Islands, is where the Monkey King acquired his famous golden cudgel.
The truth about the 'botched' Lebanon child snatch will shock you, Adam Whittington warns
Adam Whittington says he will soon return to Australia.
Satoshi Uematsu boasted: 'I can wipe out 470 disabled individuals'
The 26-year-old Japanese man accused of carrying out a mass stabbing for the mentally disabled had written a letter in February to parliament's lower house speaker.
Rio mugger uses handbag to mug Channel Nine cameraman
A Brazilian mugger, possibly posing as a woman, used a brick in a handbag to try and relieve a recently arrived member of the Channel Nine TV crew of his equipment.
Union boss says Hillary Clinton will 'try to redo' free trade deal
Hillary Clinton would renegotiate the US free trade agreement with Canada and Mexico if she were elected president, a union leader has claimed.
Julie Bishop speaks out against death penalty as Indonesian executions loom
Julie Bishop has stressed Australia's opposition to the death penalty as Indonesia counts down the hours until it executes about 14 convicted drug felons.
Sanders urges supporters to unite to defeat Trump
Bill Clinton will make the case for his wife to become the next US president on the second day of the Democratic convention.
Najib extends powers amid fury over 1MDB scandal
The Malaysian PM is set to gain sweeping dictatorial powers that critics say is a desperate move to hold on to power.
Rio authorities arrest two police officers in Kiwi Jason Lee's abduction case
Two Brazilian highway patrol officers accused of kidnapping New Zealand jiu-jitsu champion Jason Lee in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday have been arrested and placed under investigation.
Venezuelan schoolchildren express hunger in drawings
When children at a Catholic-run school in a poor neighborhood of Venezuela's Caracas capital began fainting from hunger, teachers asked them to draw.
Barack Obama says it is possible Russia would try to sway US election
US President Barack Obama said it was possible that Russia would try to influence the US presidential election, after a leak of Democratic National Committee emails that experts have attributed to Russian hackers.
Normandy church attacker was 'bewitched' by Islamic State, mother tells media
Before the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris in January 2015, 'AK' was a cheerful, music-loving and devout French teenager.
Two knifemen killed after taking several hostages in Normandy church
Police have shot dead two men who cut the throat of a priest and took a small congregation hostage on Tuesday morning, in a town in northern France.
Gillard backs Clinton, urging voters to call out sexism in politics
Julia Gillard has compared the abuse she faced as Australia's first female prime minister with opposition to US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, imploring voters to call out sexism in politics.
Bernie Sanders supporters falling in behind Hillary Clinton - but not at convention
The Bernie brigade is loud, proud, and unwilling to be calmed by Bernie Sanders.
Patient shoots doctor dead at Berlin university clinic
German police say there is "no signs at all" of a link with terrorism.
Suicide bombers attack peacekeepers' base in Somalia
Suicide bombers killed at least seven people in an attack on the African Union's main peacekeeping base in Mogadishu, Somalia on Tuesday.
Australia in three-way rebuke of China
The Australian government has issued a strong joint statement with the United States and Japan calling on China to abide by a Hague tribunal's ruling on the South China Sea.
DNC: Hillary Clinton campaign unsure how to react to Russian hack claims
In crisis mode through the weekend, the DNC response was two-fold: political embarrassment and blame for the Russians.
DNC 2016: Michelle Obama given standing ovation
Michelle Obama and Bernie Sanders will address the first day of the Democratic Convention amid ongoing fallout from the leaked email scandal.
Shock as peaceful Japanese town wakes to 'unthinkable' disabled centre horror
Residents of Sagamihara woke in horror to learn that a man had broken into a disabled facility overnight and stabbed residents as they slept.
Sanders wrestles his own for control of the message
The city of brotherly love saw scenes as chaotic and fraught as last week's Republican follies in Cleveland.