Air strike kills the last clown of Aleppo

He was the clown who brought joy to the lives of children in a city that the United Nations has been warned is has begun a "slow-motion descent into hell."

Europe's next Australian hot spot

With its comparatively low cost of living, easy access to communal office space and thriving cultural scene, a new city has replaced London as the dominant entrepreneurial hub of Europe.

New audio reveals Donald Trump's view of women over 17-year period

New audio has emerged of Donald Trump discussing threesomes, having sex with women while they are menstruating and praising his daughter Ivanka's physique.

'Trump candidacy has to be exploded before it is too late'

A US newspaper has taken the unprecedented step of writing an editorial against a presidential candidate the day after he launched his campaign. 

Who was the Bastille Day truck terrorist?

He was a divorcee, a drunkard, and a delivery man. On Thursday, he murdered 84 people on Nice's Promenade de Anglais.

Nice attack, day two: Dozens killed in Bastille Day truck attack

Australian woman dies on Mount Everest

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An Australian academic has died and another Australian has been injured while descending from the summit of Mount Everest.

Rudd's UN rival stakes claim for top job

Irina Bokova has outlined her achievements as the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation as part of a pitch for the top UN role.

Hero doctor to two million caught in African power struggle

For 43 years Australian couple Ken and Jocelyn Elliott built their hospital, brick by brick, bed by bed, a white surgery stark against the red dust of Burkina Faso in west Africa.