‘We’ll defend innocents’ wherever they are: Tillerson
The US is rededicating itself to hold to account “any and all” who commit crimes against innocent people, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says, days after the US military unexpectedly attacked...
View ArticleBorussia Dortmund bus hit by blasts, terror links unclear
Local police say a player for German soccer team Borussia Dortmund is injured after several explosions near the team bus ahead of the Champions League quarter-final match against Monaco. However German...
View ArticleUnited passenger set for legal action – lawyers move in
NEW YORK – Lawyers for the passenger dragged from a United Airlines plane in Chicago have filed an emergency request with an Illinois state court to require the carrier to preserve video recordings and...
View ArticleTrump ‘didn’t pass secrets to Lavrov’: Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin says US President Donald Trump did not pass on any secrets to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a meeting in Washington last week and he can prove it....
View ArticleRussia probe biggest ‘witch hunt in history’: Trump
US President Donald Trump says the Justice Department’s investigation into his campaign’s ties to Russia “the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!” Trump is responding to the...
View ArticleNorth Korea says latest missile tested nuclear warhead guidance
North Korea says it’s successfully tested an intermediate-range ballistic missile to confirm the reliability of the late-stage guidance of the nuclear warhead, indicating further advances in the...
View Article‘Let it implode’: Trump fails to destroy Obamacare
In a stinging blow to President Donald Trump, US Senate Republicans have failed to dismantle Obamacare, falling short on a major campaign promise and perhaps ending a seven-year quest by their party to...
View ArticleKim celebrates missile test with banquet, US launches bombers
The North Korean leader and his wife have held a grand banquet to celebrate the July 28 launch of an intercontinental missile, which was attended by officers responsible for the launch and officials...
View Article‘I won’t be lectured by them’: Premier attacks big banks
South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill doesn’t want to be lectured to by the big banks, which he says are money launderers for criminals and terrorists. His government’s controversial bank levy was...
View ArticleJames Murdoch slams Trump for failing to condemn Nazi violence
James Murdoch, the chief executive officer of 21st Century Fox, has spoken out against US President Donald Trump’s controversial reaction to the violence in Charlottesville. Mr Murdoch, the younger son...
View ArticlePolice quell protesters after fiery Trump rally
Police have deployed gas to disperse crowds in Phoenix, Arizona, after protesters outside a rally by US President Donald Trump threw rocks and bottles at officers. “People in the crowd have begun...
View ArticleBrothers saved from wreckage after holiday island quake
Rescuers have performed a “miracle” amid the rubble of a deadly earthquake in Italy after the third of three young brothers was found and freed more than 16 hours after it hit the holiday island of...
View ArticleAFL Finals 2017: Resurgent Cats crush Swans
Geelong 15.8 (98) defeated Sydney 5.9 (39) Geelong has brought Sydney’s incredible run — and the Swans’ season — to an abrupt end with a 59-point hammering at the MCG in the elimination semi-final on...
View ArticleCharles Manson, leader of murderous cult, dies aged 83
Charles Manson, the notorious leader of the Manson Family cult that murdered actress Sharon Tate and six others in 1969, has died. He was 83. A spokeswoman for the California Department of Corrections...
View ArticleTen arrests over murder of Maltese journalist
Maltese police have arrested two more people in connection with the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, bringing the total to 10, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat says. “An additional 2 persons...
View ArticleTsunami warning cancelled after magnitude-7.9 earthquake off Alaska
Tsunami warnings have been cancelled after a magnitude-7.9 earthquake hit the Gulf of Alaska in the early hours of Tuesday. Officials at the National Tsunami Centre cancelled the warning after a few...
View ArticleUK police bid to find source of nerve agent in spy poisoning
UK counter-terrorism officers are working to uncover the origin of the nerve agent used in the “attempted murder” of ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, in southern England. Skripal,...
View ArticleChina abolishes presidential term limits, allowing Xi Jinping to rule...
China’s Parliament has passed historic constitutional changes that abolish term limits to let President Xi Jinping rule indefinitely. Sunday’s announcement of the vote, witnessed by reporters in the...
View ArticleSuspected serial Texas bomber dead after detonating another device
The suspect in a series of blasts that have killed two people and seriously injured four others in Austin, Texas, is dead. Austin police chief Brian Manley said police had tracked the suspect to a...
View ArticleMore than 70 killed in suspected Syria gas attack
More than 70 people have been killed after a suspected chemical attack on the last remaining rebel stronghold in the Eastern Ghouta area – with fears growing the toll could surpass 100, aid...
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