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A fire sparked by electrical wiring at a Baghdad hospital has killed 11 newborn babies, an Iraqi spokesman said.

• Jewel Topsfield

Justice Minister urges Australians to ensure they are donating to legitimate charities in the wake of a report on terrorism funding.

• Peter Hermann and Clarence Williams

American victim's father Joel Rich said that the WikiLeaks reward seemed to legitimise the rumour mill.

• Greg Torode

Western officials say Vietnam has discreetly fortified several of its islands in the disputed South China Sea with new mobile rocket launchers.

• ANALYSIS
• Paul McGeough

It was a sinister moment in a campaign already replete with ugliness. And it put the spotlight back on Donald Trump.

• Olesya Astakhova and Nick Tattersall

The visit is being closely watched in the West, where some fear both men might use their rapprochement to exert pressure on the US, EU and NATO.

• Rick Gladstone

The world body pleads with combatants to declare a cease-fire or regular 48-hour "humanitarian pauses".

• Jewel Topsfield

Australia's move follows revelations jihadists used prepaid money cards in the 2015 Paris attacks.

• Jewel Topsfield

Canberra has closed the book on war crimes in East Timor allegedly committed by a former general who's now Indonesia's chief security minister.

• Missy Ryan and Sudarsan Raghavan

The positioning of a small number of elite US personnel in the coastal city of Sirte deepens the involvement of Western nations against the Islamic State's most powerful affiliate.

• Paul McGeough

Trump's seemingly reckless words provoked this warning from a former CIA director.

• Derek Hawkins

The girls were came out of the basket like water pouring from a glass, said one witness.

• Amy Chozick

The families say Clinton's "'extreme carelessness' in handling confidential and classified information" while secretary of state contributed to their sons' deaths.

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• Peter Hartcher

South Korea will arm itself with nuclear weapons if its rogue neighbour, North Korea, continues to develop the bomb.

• Latika Bourke

London: The 19-year old man charged with murdering an American tourist and the attempted murder of five others, including two Australians will stand trial in February. 

• David E. Sanger and Rick Gladstone

President Xi Jinping had promised 'no militarisation' but experts say structures they've spotted on disputed islets in the South China Sea have room for 'any fighter-jet in the People's Liberation Army Air Force'.

• Colby Itkowitz

Neighbours were worried after they heard crying. Police found a husband and wife who weren't in danger, just old, sad and lonely. Their solution? Some good food and a sympathetic ear.

• Michael E. Miller

Police say a neck injury left a 10-year-old boy dead at the foot of the world's highest water slide. There are hints on social media that the tragedy may have been even more gruesome.

• ANALYSIS
• Chris Zappone

Feeling overwhelmed by the barrage of Donald Trump news may in fact be part of the strategy for the candidate's campaign.

The US government accidentally sold a bag carried to the moon aboard the Apollo 11 spacecraft and used for the first sample of lunar material and is now in a legal fight to recover it.

• Gul Yousafzai

A suicide bomber in Pakistan killed at least 63 people and wounded dozens more in an attack on mourners gathered at a hospital in Quetta,

Automated signals received from Flight MH370 show the Malaysia Airlines plane plunged into the Indian Ocean at a speed of up to 20,000 feet a minute in its final moments before crashing.

• Jonathan Landay

The statement on Monday was the latest repudiation of Trump's candidacy by veteran Republican national security specialists, and was remarkable for the harshness of its language.

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• Paul McGeough

Donald Trump reiterates his criticism of NAFTA and TPP trade deals and even says "we'll put our coal miners and our steel workers back to work".

• Erik Kirschbaum

A Chinese tourist who tried to report a stolen wallet during a visit to Germany unwittingly signed an asylum application that left him stranded as a refugee for two weeks.