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  1. You're fired: Trump axes Attorney-General over travel ban defiance

    Donald Trump sacks acting Attorney-General Sally Yates, accusing her of "betraying the Department of Justice" after she directed her attorneys not to defend his controversial executive refugee and immigration ban.

  2. Don't let Trump embarrass our Queen, say more than a million Britons

    More than 1 million people sign a petition calling for Donald Trump's planned state visit to Britain to be cancelled to avoid embarrassing Queen Elizabeth II, but Prime Minister Theresa May's office says the visit will go ahead as planned.

  3. 'Loner' student charged over Quebec City mosque shooting

    A 27-year-old student allegedly known for his right-wing, nationalist views appears in court in Canada charged with murdering six people during a shooting at a Quebec City mosque.

  4. 'Fake jobs' claim rocks French presidential candidate's campaign

    French conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon and his wife Penelope Fillon are questioned for five hours by police investigators probing allegations she has been paid for fake jobs.

  5. Images offer first glimpse of Amazon coral reef

    Images of the Amazon Reef emerge after researchers last year discovered the coral system in "unfavourable conditions", beneath a muddy plume at the mouth of the Amazon River.

  6. Former secretary of Nazi propagandist Goebbels dies at 106

    Brunhilde Pomsel, the former secretary of Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, dies aged 106.

  7. Xenophon leads calls for ABC to reinstate shortwave radio service

    Senator Nick Xenophon says he will introduce legislation to Parliament to force the ABC to reinstate its shortwave radio service, which ended today.

  8. Sara Connor tells Bali court she didn't see boyfriend hit policeman

    The Byron Bay woman accused of murdering a Bali policeman says she did not see her boyfriend hitting the officer and had no idea he had been badly injured.

  9. Plans for $100 Solomon Islands gold mine to reopen

    The Solomon Islands Government says it plans to reopen the gold mine that was sold to local landowners by an Australian miner in 2015 for $100.

  10. 'Wrinkled sack' with huge mouth, no anus could be our oldest ancestor

    This tiny marine creature with a bag-like body, huge mouth and no anus called Saccorhytus, or "wrinkled sack", could be humanity's oldest ancestor, scientists say.

  11. Indian taxi driver charged with molesting Australian woman

    A Mumbai taxi driver is charged with allegedly molesting an Australian woman, in her 20s, earlier this month, Indian police say.

Features

  1. What are executive orders?

    Here's what you need to know about one of the US President's most powerful tools.

  2. What's going on in the US?

    Who is affected President Donald Trump's executive order banning some people from entering the US? What will happen next?

  3. Geneva for beginners

    A guide to the Geneva Convention, for anyone who finds themselves in charge of one of the world's largest immigration systems.

  4. 'It was like a nightmare'

    Nazanin Zinouri flew from the US to Iran for a holiday. Now she's banned from returning to her home of the past seven years.

  5. Ban to have lasting effects

    The US immigration ban will add pressure to refugee-hosting nations and may prove to be a boon to Islamic State, writes Phil Orchard.

  6. US protests in pictures

    Protesters are descending on major US airports in response to Donald Trump's sweeping ban on Muslim immigration.

  7. What is a green card?

    Donald Trump's new immigration ban includes those who hold US green cards. Here we explain what it means to hold one.

  8. Cattle rot as Dalits revolt

    Dead cattle are left in the streets as low-caste Dalits refuse to remove the carcasses out of principle.

  9. Indonesia's unspoken rules

    Adam Harvey on slowly realising that the rules that really matter in Indonesia are the unspoken ones, like where you wear jeans.

  10. Syrian refugees in limbo

    Many families' dreams of better lives were crushed when Donald Trump indefinitely banned Syrian refugees from entering the US.

  11. The Year of the Rooster

    Hundreds of millions of Chinese are completing their journeys home for the Chinese New Year.

  12. Domestic abuse in Russia

    A bill to decriminalise some forms of domestic violence has passed today in Russia's lower house.

  13. Donald Trump's first week

    This week has been a whirlwind of executive orders, alternative facts and rogue tweets — and not from the President, writes Zoe Daniel.

  14. Trump's border wall plan

    Will Mexico pay for the border wall or American consumers? What items will become more expensive? Is it even legal?

  15. Lunar New Year foods

    Many Asian families cook particular dishes to celebrate Lunar New Year to make sure it is full of luck and prosperity.

  16. POW reconciles with Japan

    Australian war veteran Jack Hopgood returns to Japan to confront his memories as a prisoner of war during WWII.

Asia Pacific

  1. Man mauled to death by tiger

    A tiger is shot dead after a man who climbed a fence into the tiger enclosure to avoid paying for a ticket was mauled to death at a zoo in eastern China.

    The attack was captured on camera and shared on social media, with one video showing a tiger gnawing on the man's body as people screamed.

  1. Malaysia boat sinking

    Three people are dead and a search intensifies for those missing after a boat sinks off the Malaysian coast.

  2. Philippines war on drugs

    The Philippines police will disband anti-drugs units after the killing of a South Korean businessman by rogue officers.

  3. Prominent Suu Kyi ally killed

    A gunman has killed a legal adviser for Myanmar's ruling National League for Democracy.

  4. Asia welcomes Lunar New Year

    The Lunar New Year is being celebrated across Asia, with millions gathering to welcome the Year of the Rooster.

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