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  1. Police release six without charge over London attack

    British police say they have released without charge six of the 10 people being held in connection with the attack near Britain's Parliament.

  2. London attack passer-by defends herself against 'those who cannot look beyond attire'

    The woman photographed wearing a hijab and using her mobile phone while walking past an injured person in the London terrorist attack gives her side of the story.

  3. Tiny pool of elite to cast ballots in Hong Kong's election

    Sunday's three-way race to decide Hong Kong's next chief executive is almost certain to see Beijing-backed Hong Kong official Carrie Lam win the ballot of just 1,194 voters — in a city with 3.8 million registered voters.

  4. No repeal for Obamacare as Republicans pull healthcare bill

    US President Donald Trump suffers a stunning political setback in a Congress controlled by his own party, with Republican leaders pulling legislation to overhaul the US healthcare system.

  5. South Korean ferry that sank, killing more than 300, finally ready to be brought to shore

    South Korean salvage crews raise a ferry which sank in 2014 killing more than 300 people, preparing it for the slow journey to a port 90 kilometres away.

  6. UN will investigate alleged ethnic cleansing of Rohingya in Myanmar

    The top United Nations human rights body will send an international fact-finding mission to investigate widespread allegations of killings, rape and torture by security forces against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar's Rakhine state.

  7. 'Game changing' technology could almost eradicate malaria in PNG

    Australian scientists have trialled a new diagnostic technique in Papua New Guinea they say could help eradicate the malaria parasite in developing countries.

  8. Trump administration approves Keystone XL pipeline

    The Trump administration issues a permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline, reversing the Obama administration's position and all but ending a long-fought campaign to stop the project on environmental grounds.

  9. Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak freed after trial over Arab Spring murders

    Egypt's 88-year-old former president walks free after being cleared of the final murder charges against him this month, in a case featuring a litany of charges ranging from corruption to the killing of protesters.

  10. China dismisses 'militarisation' of South China Sea islands

    China's visiting Premier dismisses suggestions his nation is "militarising" the waters of the South China Sea, but has acknowledged defence equipment placed on disputed islands was to help maintain "freedom of navigation".

  11. Timor Leste election 'shows progress' as Guterres wins presidency

    A lawyer who helped write Timor Leste's constitution says the way this week's presidential election ran demonstrates the country is growing as a nation.

Features

  1. Iceland AFL Arctic Cup

    Teams from Iceland, Sweden, the UK, the US and Canada will compete to be the AFL's top team in the capital Reykjavik this weekend.

  2. The president and the press

    Donald Trump may enjoy a combative relationship with the media, but he is not the first to view the fourth estate with hostility.

  3. Remembering attack victims

    People in London return to Westminster Bridge after a terrorist attack that killed four people. Here is why they went back.

  4. London attack in pictures

    London was plunged into chaos as a driver ran down pedestrians on Westminster Bridge before stabbing a policeman to death.

  5. From the scene in London

    UK police repeatedly warned an attack was coming. Am I shocked? Yes. Surprised? No, writes James Glenday.

  6. Lease for Chinese influence

    Sri Lanka's Parliament has been discussing a controversial 99-year lease of the Hambantota Port to a Chinese company.

  7. How democratic is Israel?

    Some critics question whether Israel can truly call itself a democracy, and point to its occupation of the West Bank as a key issue.

  8. Year of far-right flops?

    The leaders of Europe's far-right parties claimed a political wave was on its way to knock down the dominoes of Europe, but is it true?

  9. The $13m comma

    A dairy company in Maine will potentially owe millions to a group of truck drivers because of a missing comma in a legal clause.

  10. Portugal asks for leniency

    Portugal's Finance Minister called for the EU to remove Portugal from the group of countries hit with harsh austerity measures.

  11. Venezuela undercover

    Foreign Correspondent goes undercover in Venezuela as tourists to evade the government's restrictions on foreign journalists.

Asia Pacific

  1. Mass trial in PNG over 'sorcery-related' killings

    Ninety-nine men have appeared in court in Papua New Guinea to stand trial for the brutal killing in 2014 of five men and two children they believed were conducting sorcery.

    The mass trial actually has 122 defendants, but one has since died and only 99 appeared in court in Madang this week.

  1. S.Korean ferry salvage

    A South Korean ferry emerges from the water, nearly three years after it capsized and sank, killing more than 300 people.

  2. Corporal punishment

    A Tongan advocacy group calls for more education for teachers about disciplinary techniques after a student is hospitalised.

  3. US refugee resettlement deal

    The Immigration Department and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade appear at odds over the US refugee resettlement deal.

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Posted April 08, 2013 12:22:49 | Updated January 15, 2016 16:06:02

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