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Dutch investigators recover human remains from MH17 crash site AFP April 22, 2015, 9:01 pm The Hague (AFP) - Dutch investigators have recovered "many" more body parts and pieces of wreckage after resuming their search at the MH17 plane crash site in Ukraine, the Netherlands said Wednesday...

Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 fragment handed to investigators by Russian veterans group Date April 20, 2015 - 11:29PM Nick Miller Europe Correspondent Wreckage of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which was shot down over Ukraine in July 2014, is laid out in a hangar on Gilze-Rijen...

Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 fragment handed to investigators by Russian veterans group Date April 20, 2015 - 11:29PM Nick Miller Europe Correspondent Wreckage of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which was shot down over Ukraine in July 2014, is laid out in a hangar on Gilze-Rijen...

Student armed with crossbow allegedly kills teacher, injures students at Barcelona school Date April 21, 2015 - 5:00AM AFP A body is removed from the Instituto Joan Foster in Barcelona. Photo: Getty Images A 13-year-old boy armed with a crossbow and knife killed a teacher and wounded four...

30 detained as xenophobic attacks simmer in S. Africa AFP April 18, 2015, 7:04 pm Johannesburg (AFP) - South African police detained more than 30 people overnight as xenophobic violence simmered around the economic hub Johannesburg, officials said on Saturday. Anti-foreigner violence that...

MH370 search zone to double if nothing found AFP April 17, 2015, 1:57 am Kuala Lumpur (AFP) - The search area for flight MH370 will double in size to encompass a vast Indian Ocean corridor if wreckage remains elusive, Malaysia, Australia and China said Thursday, asserting their commitment to...

MH370 search zone to double if nothing found AFP April 17, 2015, 1:57 am Kuala Lumpur (AFP) - The search area for flight MH370 will double in size to encompass a vast Indian Ocean corridor if wreckage remains elusive, Malaysia, Australia and China said Thursday, asserting their commitment...

Asiana Airlines aircraft runs off runway in Hiroshima, 22 injured PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 15 April, 2015, 4:42am UPDATED : Wednesday, 15 April, 2015, 4:42am Kyodo An Asiana Airlines airplane that arrived from Incheon airport, and ran out of runway soon after landing is pictured at Hiroshima...

Shark attack leaves 13-year-old dead Yahoo News April 13, 2015, 6:12 am A 13-year-old boy has been killed in a shark attack that took place off the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion. Photo: Facebook Elio Canestri was surfing with seven friends and was thought to be around 15 metres...

Woman 'pretended to be family of Germanwings crash victim to get free flights to France' PUBLISHED : Friday, 10 April, 2015, 1:14pm UPDATED : Friday, 10 April, 2015, 4:02pm Associated Press in Berlin A woman (with no link to the suspected flier) kneels in front of candles and flowers as she...

Malaysia passes terror law allowing suspects to be locked up indefinitely without trial PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 07 April, 2015, 2:52pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 07 April, 2015, 5:18pm Associated Press in Kuala Lumpur An anti-government protester stands in front of a line of police in Kuala Lumpur...

India launches air quality index after WHO names Delhi ‘world’s most polluted capital’ New measuring system set up in response to the World Health Organisation nominating New Delhi as the world's most polluted capital PUBLISHED : Monday, 06 April, 2015, 11:00pm UPDATED : Monday, 06 April...

Chinese tycoon denies colluding with disgraced senior spy Ma Jian Guo Wengui rejects allegations he conspired with Ma to plot downfall of Beijing official over the rights to a landmark property project PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 31 March, 2015, 1:02am UPDATED : Tuesday, 31 March, 2015, 1:02am...

Former director of Hong Kong property firm fined HK$1,500 for stealing HK$12 cloth Poon Kai-tik, previously of The Link Management, ordered to pay 125 times the value of the cloth he was convicted of stealing PUBLISHED : Friday, 27 March, 2015, 11:50pm UPDATED : Saturday, 28 March, 2015...

230 suspected jihadis stopped at Australian airports PUBLISHED : Thursday, 26 March, 2015, 3:19am UPDATED : Thursday, 26 March, 2015, 3:19am Associated Press in Canberra Surveillance video of two teenage brothers suspected of trying to fly to the Middle East to fight, at Sydney Airport on...

Machete-wielding man shot by US police at New Orleans airport dies PUBLISHED : Sunday, 22 March, 2015, 8:30am UPDATED : Sunday, 22 March, 2015, 7:24pm Associated Press in Kenner, Louisiana Police vehicles surround the entrance to New Orleans Louis Armstrong International Airport after a...

Fragment from MH17 crash site supports missile theory, says Dutch broadcaster PUBLISHED : Friday, 20 March, 2015, 4:52pm UPDATED : Friday, 20 March, 2015, 4:54pm Reuters in Amsterdam Members of the media film wreckage from the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 laid out in a hangar at...

Fragment from MH17 crash site supports missile theory, says Dutch broadcaster PUBLISHED : Friday, 20 March, 2015, 4:52pm UPDATED : Friday, 20 March, 2015, 4:54pm Reuters in Amsterdam Members of the media film wreckage from the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 laid out in a hangar at...

Malaysian state OKs Islamic penalties, splitting opposition AFP March 19, 2015, 6:53 pm Kuala Lumpur (AFP) - A Malaysian state governed by an opposition Muslim party passed a law on Thursday mandating tough Islamic criminal punishments, a move that threatens to break up a fractious...

Police probe attempt to blackmail thousands of Japanese teachers PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 17 March, 2015, 11:35am UPDATED : Tuesday, 17 March, 2015, 11:35am Julian Ryall in Tokyo More than 2,500 teachers in Japan have received the extortion letters that threaten to expose them for supposedly...