Agencies
At least 57 dead in Kabul election centre blast
A suicide bomber has struck at a voter registration centre in the Afghan capital, killing at least 57 people in an attack...
Plane passenger armed with fountain pen tries to hold attendant hostage
An Air China flight bound for Beijing has made an unscheduled landing in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou after a passenger...
More 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...
Suspected 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....
China abolishes presidential term limits, allowing Xi Jinping to rule indefinitely
China’s Parliament has passed historic constitutional changes that abolish term limits to let President Xi Jinping rule indefinitely. Sunday’s announcement of the...
UK 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...
Tsunami 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...
Ten 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,...
Charles 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....
AFL 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...