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London Underground knife attacker charged AAP December 7, 2015, 1:04 am British police have charged a 29-year-old man with attempted murder following a "terrorist" knife attack at a London Underground station. Counterterrorism officers were investigating the "violent unprovoked" attack at...

Man slashed in London 'terrorist incident' AAP December 6, 2015, 9:04 pm A man wielding a knife has slashed a man in an east London underground station, reportedly screaming "this is for Syria". Police used a stun gun to subdue him in what they described as a terrorist incident. A pool of...

Seventeen killed in Guatemala prison fight: official AFP December 1, 2015, 6:15 am Escuintla (Guatemala) (AFP) - Seventeen people have been killed in fighting inside a maximum security prison in Guatemala, officials said Monday as hundreds of police moved to take control of the facility...

Germany proposes to send 1200 soldiers to support fight against Islamic State Date November 30, 2015 - 11:45AM John O'Donnell Frankfurt: Germany could send 1200 soldiers to the Middle East by the end of the year to provide service support to planes and ships of a coalition battling Islamic...

Massive fire razes Philippine slum, leaving thousands homeless PUBLISHED : Thursday, 26 November, 2015, 3:42pm UPDATED : Thursday, 26 November, 2015, 3:42pm Agence France-Presse in Manlia Residents look on at the fire that razed a slum area of Mandaluyong City, suburban Manila. Photo: AFP...

Deadly France train accident caused by late braking: SNCF AFP November 19, 2015, 11:52 pm Paris (AFP) - A high-speed TGV train accident in eastern France at the weekend that left 11 people dead was the result of "late braking", rail company SNCF said on Thursday. The spectacular accident...

Philippines, Vietnam to sign strategic partnership AFP November 17, 2015, 4:36 am Manila (AFP) - The Philippines and Vietnam will sign a strategic partnership on Tuesday, a Filipino official said, cementing an alliance forged in the face of twin territorial rows with China. Philippine...

South Koreans held as slaves for as long as 20 years sue government over ordeal More than 60 slaves, most of them mentally ill, were rescued last year PUBLISHED : Friday, 13 November, 2015, 4:32pm UPDATED : Friday, 13 November, 2015, 4:32pm Associated Press in Seoul A salt farm owner walks...

South Korea's highest court upholds life sentence for captain of sunken ferry Kim Tong-Hyung, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS First posted: Thursday, November 12, 2015 08:50 AM EST | Updated: Thursday, November 12, 2015 09:02 AM EST In this April 19, 2014 file photo, Lee Joon-seok, centre, the captain...

Hong Kong man detained for flying drone over royal palace in Cambodia PUBLISHED : Monday, 09 November, 2015, 12:01am UPDATED : Monday, 09 November, 2015, 12:01am Emily Tsang and Xinhua A Hong Kong man flew a drone over the royal palace in Phnom Penh. Photo: Reuters A 40-year-old Hong Kong...

Indonesia reopens Bali airport after two-day closure AFP November 5, 2015, 10:54 pm Denpasar (Indonesia) (AFP) - Bali airport reopened Thursday, an official said, after ash erupting from a nearby volcano forced Indonesian authorities to close the terminal for two days, grounding hundreds of...

Gunman kills one student, wounds another at N.C. university REUTERS First posted: Sunday, November 01, 2015 03:17 PM EST | Updated: Sunday, November 01, 2015 09:23 PM EST WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - A gunman shot one student dead and wounded another during homecoming weekend early Sunday on the...

Nintendo's first smartphone 'game' delay sees shares fall 29 October 2015 Technology Nintendo's first smartphone game did not include a Super Mario offering Nintendo has announced its first smartphone 'game', but delayed its launch from the end of the year until next March. As some...

Fearing zombie transformation, man beats friend to death after binge-watching The Walking Dead PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 27 October, 2015, 10:16am UPDATED : Tuesday, 27 October, 2015, 10:16am Reuters in Albuquerque, New Mexico A typically gruesome scene of a zombie attack on The Walking Dead...

WikiLeaks publishes e-mails from CIA director John Brennan's non-government account KEN DILANIAN and STEPHEN BRAUN, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS First posted: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 06:42 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 07:12 PM EDT CIA Director John Brennan. (AP/Pablo Martinez...

Aussie ‘robbed Thai bank to buy ticket home’ BANGKOK, AP October 20, 2015, 1:10 am An Australian has been arrested in Bangkok after he allegedly robbed a bank. Photo: 91 TrafficPro A 23-year-old Australian man has been arrested in Bangkok after allegedly robbing a bank using a fake gun and...

Former Chinese investigative reporter beaten up by four men and left in coma PUBLISHED : Thursday, 15 October, 2015, 2:09pm UPDATED : Thursday, 15 October, 2015, 8:43pm Andrea Chen [email protected] Yang Yanfang in hospital in Zhengzhou. Photo: Thepaper.cn A former investigative...

Former UK bishop jailed for sexual abuse of young men Reuters October 8, 2015, 2:08 am LONDON (Reuters) - A retired British Anglican bishop was jailed on Wednesday for exploiting his position to abuse young men, some of them aspiring priests, for sexual gratification over a 15-year period...

2 suspected Indonesian lesbians spared 100 cane lashes but will undergo ‘rehabilitation’ PUBLISHED : Sunday, 04 October, 2015, 6:50pm UPDATED : Sunday, 04 October, 2015, 6:50pm Associated Press in Banda Aceh An Acehnese woman is whipped in public for violation Sharia law. Two lesbians where...

CIA pulls staff from Beijing following a cyber attack on government employees Computers were hacked in April in one of the worst cyber hacks of US government data in history Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testifies at a House (Select) Intelligence Committee...