World News

Top Stories

  1. Bangladesh, Myanmar sign deal to return hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees

    Myanmar says it is ready to take back hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who fled to neighbouring Bangladesh to escape an army crackdown "as soon as possible".

  2. 'Small number' of asylum seekers arrested on Manus Island, Dutton confirms

    Immigration Minister Peter Dutton confirms PNG police arrested some asylum seekers, including Iranian journalist Behrouz Boochani (pictured), as they worked to clear the closed immigration detention centre.

  3. Pike River families 'stoked' as dropping of charges ruled 'unlawful'

    Seven years after 29 men were killed in the Pike River mining disaster, New Zealand's Supreme Court rules a deal which saw charges against the mine's former CEO dropped was unlawful.

  4. 'Butcher of Bosnia' Ratko Mladic found guilty of genocide

    A UN court convicts former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic of genocide and crimes against humanity, and sentences him to life in prison for atrocities perpetrated during Bosnia's 1992-1995 war.

  5. Zimbabwe's incoming leader heralds new era to cheering crowds

    Zimbabwe's incoming leader Emmerson Mnangagwa arrives back in Harare, declaring to cheering crowds the country is "witnessing the beginning of a new democracy".

  6. Flat Earth believer plans flight in homemade rocket

    US limousine driver Mike Hughes, who doesn't believe in science, expects to hurtle 550 metres over a ghost town in a steam-powered rocket this weekend.

  7. Where does Australia stand in the battle for dominance between Trump and China?

    As China challenges US economic power and international influence, there is a role for Australia to play as peacekeeper between our two most powerful friends. But the long game is more complicated than that.

  8. Reopening Yemen main port won't avert famine, rights groups say

    Reopening Yemen's main port by Saudi Arabia is insufficient to avert famine unless all restrictions are lifted and commercial goods allowed in, aid groups say.

  9. Lebanon's Prime Minister puts resignation on hold

    Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri announces he is putting his resignation on hold to give way for more consultations, nearly three weeks after he unexpectedly announced he was stepping down.

  10. US Olympic gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar pleads guilty to sexual assault

    The former doctor has pleaded guilty to multiple charges of sexual assault against seven girls and faces at least 25 years in prison.

  11. US Navy aircraft with 11 aboard crashes into Pacific

    A US navy aircraft carrying 11 crew and passengers has crashed into the Pacific Ocean while en route to the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, the Navy says.

  12. Thai army returns teen cadet's body — without its heart, brain and other organs

    The family of an 18-year-old Thai army cadet demand answers after his suspicious death, and his body was returned without its vital organs. The army said Pakapong Tanyakan died of a sudden heart attack, but did not release details.

Features

  1. Charles Manson's body

    If no-one claims the remains of cult leader and killer Charles Manson, it's unclear what will happen to his body.

  2. China's 'old friend' Mugabe

    China President Xi Jinping previously described Robert Mugabe as an "old friend", but it appears Beijing isn't sad to see the Zimbabwe strongman go.

  3. Capping decades of grief

    For many, Ratko Mladic's guilty verdict has been a long time coming. The Bosnian Serb mobs that operated under his command wiped out entire families.

  4. China's stake in Cambodia

    Author Sebastian Strangio says the billions of dollars China pours into Cambodia has reduced the country's reliance on the West.

  5. Breaking Zimbabwe spell

    To break Zimbabwe's poverty spiral, the new leadership need to put aside self-interest and look to the future, writes Andrew Geoghegan.

  6. Axing net neutrality

    With net neutrality laws set to go, what does it mean for the future of the internet?

  7. Meet 'The Crocodile'

    75-year-old Emmerson Mnangagwa is the man preparing to take over from Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe.

  8. 'Apartheid' in Myanmar

    Amnesty International says Myanmar's policies affecting ethnic Rohingyas amount to apartheid.

  9. Mugabe's journey

    Robert Mugabe claimed to be the father of Zimbabwe, but he became a cartoonish figure of the stereotypical African dictator.

  10. First ladies of luxury

    The wives of some world leaders are living large while their countrymen live in poverty.

  11. Srebrenica survivor talks

    Nedzad Avdic recalls the day he was forced to lie in a pile of bodies and shot at close range by a "marauding death squad".

  12. Australia- EU ties warm

    Beverley O'Connor speaks to the EU's ambassador to Australia, Michael Pulch, about a renewed push for a free trade agreement.

  13. America's Ned Kelly

    There's a lot of excitement about the discovery of what appears to be a photograph of Billy the Kid.

  14. Finding a new home

    More and more teenage asylum seekers are choosing to risk their lives to go to the UK.

  15. Opinion: Charles Manson

    The notorious cult leader who directed his followers to commit brutal murders came to represent the worst excesses of a divided society spinning out of control, writes Mark Bannerman.

  16. Pivotal moment in history

    Segregation and oppression gave way to independence, but corruption and despotism ate away at the Zimbabwean dream.

Asia Pacific

  1. US says 'ethnic cleansing' in Myanmar

    The United States has labelled the Myanmar military operation against the Rohingya population "ethnic cleansing", and threatened targeted sanctions against those responsible for what it described as "horrendous atrocities".

    "The situation in northern Rakhine state constitutes ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya," US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in a statement, using a term he avoided when visiting Myanmar last week.

  1. Video of desperate escape

    Dramatic video shows a North Korean defector's desperate dash for freedom, where he is shot at least five times.

  2. 58 Indians on a motorbike

    The Indian Army sets a new world record — with 58 men riding on a single motorbike.

  3. Mt Agung volcano erupting

    Bali's Mt Agung finally erupts two months after thousands of local residents were evacuated.

  4. 'Colonial power' fears

    PNG has signed infrastructure deals with China as part of Beijing's One Belt, One Road initiative.

More Stories

  1. Australia Plus

    Connecting the world to Australian stories and conversations.

ABC World Programs

ABC Foreign Corros tweets

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

This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced.

AEDT = Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time which is 11 hours ahead of UTC (Greenwich Mean Time)

Change to mobile view