US Vice-President Mike Pence tells crowds gathered for the annual March for Life that ending taxpayer-funded abortion is among the new administration's top priorities.
Hundreds of millions of people around Asia gather to welcome the Year of the Rooster, with not even a crackdown on fireworks stopping millions setting them off in the streets of Beijing.
When India's revered cattle die, it is usually low-caste Dalits who remove the carcasses — but fed-up with being attacked by "cow-protection" vigilantes, they are abandoning the task that has long defined them.
The Malek Fahd Islamic School in south-western Sydney will reopen its doors next week, despite the ongoing legal battles over losing $19 million worth of federal funding.
As hundreds of millions of Chinese complete their journeys home for the Chinese New Year, many will be squeezing in a last-minute haircut to avoid bringing bad luck to their uncles.
An Australian Catholic priest accused of child abuse offences at a prestigious Scottish school is arrested in Sydney more than a year after authorities in the UK announced plans to extradite him.
The St Stanislaus College at Bathurst in central west New South Wales will formally apologise for historical child sex abuse at the school, which is celebrating its 150th year.
The WA Premier's comments on burkas — including that they are not part of Australian culture and he would prefer they are not worn — are medieval and unfounded, as almost no Muslim women wear the garment in the state, a senior Muslim leader says.
WA Premier Colin Barnett rules out any attempt to ban Muslims from wearing burkas, but says he would prefer "that type of clothing" was not worn in Australia.
More than 100 refugees and aid workers are killed when a Nigerian air force fighter jet on a mission against Boko Haram extremists mistakenly bombs a camp for displaced people, officials say.
Controversial Melbourne evangelical church Catch the Fire, which solicits donations for the Rise Up Australia Party, has its charitable status revoked by authorities.
Researchers excavating the remains of one of the most notorious Nazi death camps uncover a pendant that appears identical to one belonging to Anne Frank, Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial says.
If US President-elect Donald Trump goes through with plans to move Washington's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, it will hurt the peace process, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says.
The threat of losing the right to automatically live, work and study in EU countries is leading British Jews of German heritage to apply for second passports — something that would have been unthinkable only a year ago.
Since Pakistan beefed up sentences for people who commit honour killings, nearly 40 murders have been recorded. Among the killers is Hayat Khan, 20, who slaughtered his 16-year-old sister for talking to a boy over the telephone.
Could you be completely silent and do nothing but meditate for 10 days? More people are choosing solitude over sipping cocktails in a bid to recharge from the stress of life.
We are at risk in Australia of creating a political climate where extremists like Holland's anti-immigration activist Geert Wilders are electable, writes Mike Bird.
