• Stanley White and Elaine Lies
• 12m ago

Japan's Emperor Akihito will make a video address to the nation on Monday, the Imperial Household Agency said, amid media reports that the 82-year-old monarch wants to abdicate.

• 1h ago

Germany's high court on Thursday said it rejected the creation of a third gender category of "inter" to describe people born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy that does not fit the typical definitions of female or male.

• Callum Borchers
• 1h ago

Apparent inconsistencies in her account of immigrating to the United States from Slovenia in the 1990s have reporters asking questions.

• Paul McGeough

The trade protectionism advocated by the US presidential candidates may have several dangerous ramifications.

• Fergus Jensen

Jakarta: Indonesian authorities arrested six suspected militants on Batam island on Friday who were believed to be linked to the Islamic State group and plotting an attack on nearby Singapore, an Indonesian police spokesman said.

• Alex Spengler, Izabela Sanchez and Rafael de Abreu

As the eyes of the world turn to the Olympics, indigenous tribespeople and farmers are locked in a bitter conflict over Brazil's land.

• ANALYSIS
• Philip Wen

Each trial took less than half a day, with each man admitting guilt in time for China's prime-time news broadcasts.

• Sam Mkokeli

The ANC's national vote is set to drop below 60 per cent for the first time since it swept to power after the end of apartheid.

• Isabel Kershner and Diaa Hadid

Israeli prosecutors claim more than $55 million in funds from Australia, the US and Britain have been diverted over the past six years.

• Daren Butler

Detentions so far "tip of the iceberg", says president, as Turkey issues arrest warrant for cleric living in the US.

• ANALYSIS
• Jewel Topsfield

Steven Ciobo must have exhaled when he heard his Indonesian counterpart utter the golden words: "There is no change with the schedule."

• Christoper Mele

Dylann Roof, the white man charged in the shooting massacre of nine black parishioners at a church in Charleston, South Carolina, was assaulted in jail Thursday by a black inmate, officials said.

• Ana Swanson

Early on, some pundits argued that Donald Trump's candidacy was just a fleeting effort that would leave little impact on the race, but could ultimately bring more attention and revenue to the Trump business empire. Now, both of those ideas may be wrong.

• Lia Timson

A Russian diplomat has reportedly tackled and killed a would-be robber near Rio's Olympic Park on Thursday morning local time.

• Pamela Constable

Taliban insurgents ambushed a bus-load of foreign tourists, Thursday on a highway in western Afghanistan, wounding six people. And seven Pakistanis were taken hostage by the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan when their helicopter crash-landed, officials said.

• Jenna Portnoy

In the week since Khizr Khan, the father of an Army captain killed in Iraq in 2004, made an impassioned call to elect Hillary Clinton, some of her supporters have found another person they'd like to see in public office: Khan.

• COMMENT
• Clive Crook

Perhaps Donald Trump will come to America's rescue after all. The past week leaves no doubt, at least, that the biggest threat to Trump's campaign for the presidency is Trump.

• Syed Raza Hassan

Last year, Karachi's Jinnah Hospital treated 6500 people bitten by dogs and this year so far it has seen 3700 cases.

• Latika Bourke

An American woman was killed and an Australian was among those injured in a mass stabbing attack in central London. 

• Travis M. Andrews

If the allegations against him -- he was charged with felony bank robbery on Wednesday -- are proven, that will be an understatement.

• Adam Taylor

"For America and Canada, it's much easier for them to get [recruits] over the social network, because they say the Americans are dumb - they have open gun policies," the former fighter said.

• ANALYSIS
• Philip Bump

A difficult week for Donald Trump has gotten tougher with the release of several new polls in swing states showing him trailing Hillary Clinton by wide margins.

• Lindsay Murdoch

A murder-suicide plot by the captain has been the most popular theory in the greatest mystery in aviation, but investigators have found no evidence.

• Philip Wen

Seven-year sentence for rights advocate, as court convicts third activist in as many days amid crackdown.

• Tanisha Heiberg and Nqobile Dludla

South Africa's ruling African National Congress is heading for its biggest election blow since coming to power in 1994.