Sydney Siege LIVE: Three dead after commando storms Lindt cafe as shooting hostages began
Five people have so far fled Lindt Chocolate Shop and Cafe in central Sydney's Martin Place as tense standoff continues.
Hamas 'hacks into' Israeli defence computers and leak video footage
Palestine-based Hamas claims to have stolen key data from Israel Defence Forces computers.
James Bond movie Spectre script leaked after Sony hack
Script of 24th Bond movie starring Daniel Craig and Monica Belluci stolen and leaked online.
Japan snap election under way with sharp focus on 'Abenomics'
Abe's Liberal Democratic Party tipped to sweep polls considered a referendum on economic reforms.
India: Bengaluru man confesses to managing Isis Twitter account
Police suspect Mehdi Masroor Biswas is unlikely to have any direct contact with jihadists but was self-radicalised.
UN Lima climate talks go into overtime as deadlock persists
Talks in Peruvian capital deadlocked over wording of text of draft as developed and developing nations stick to their viewpoints.
Indonesia: Landslide in Java kills 8 and leaves 100 missing
Torrential rain triggers mudslide in Banjarnegara district on main island of Java causing large-scale devastation.
Major ecological disaster looms after massive oil spill in Sundarbans dolphin sanctuary
A tanker carrying 350,000 litres of oil collided with another vessel threatening the Sundarbans sanctuary's wildlife.
India: Police hunt for Bengaluru man who ran Isis's most influential Twitter account
Intelligence and police swing into action to find Bengaluru techie who managed Shami Witness Twitter account.
Twin blasts rock Nigerian state killing 31 people
Explosions take place in makeshift market in Nigeria's Jos, Plateau State.
Shots fired outside Israeli embassy in Athens
Four gunmen riding on two motorcycles opened fire outside the Israeli diplomatic mission in Greece.
CIA chief John Brennan insists torture methods helped find Osama Bin Laden
CIA director admits agency officials sometimes used 'abhorrent' interrogation methods which were not legal.
Isis throw gay man off building, stone him to death
Islamic State publishes photograph of homosexual man punished by militants.
Three Syrian journalists 'killed in missile attack'
Three journalists working for an opposition television channel have been reportedly killed in government forces' missile attack.
CIA Torture Report: Obama says some methods were 'brutal, wrong, and counterproductive'
Obama defends timing of release of report by Democrat-controlled Senate Intelligence Committee.
CIA Torture Report: Former intelligence agency chiefs blast 'flawed' Senate report
CIA's former chiefs call Senate's torture report biased, claiming brutal methods saved 'thousands of lives'.
France: Mother sues government for allowing her jihadi son to travel to Syria
Mother of teenage jihadi son argues police should have prevented him from leaving France.
US-led coalition to deploy 1,500 more troops in Iraq in anti-Isis operation
Additional troops to advise and train Iraqi security personnel in combat against Isis.
India: New Delhi clamps blanket ban on internet-based taxi firms over Uber rape allegation
Authorities ban all web-based taxi firms operating in Indian capital in a move likely to affect 20 companies.
Hong Kong court orders pro-democracy protest sites in Admiralty to be cleared
Acting on appeal by local bus operator All China Express, court orders eviction of student and Occupy protesters.
India: New Delhi bans Uber service over rape allegation
Uber's driver caught over alleged rape of 25-year-old finance executive in Indian capital.
Saudi Arabia arrests 135 terror suspects including foreign nationals
Detained foreign nationals include Syrians, Yemenis, Egyptians, Aghans and Ethiopians.
Syria calls for UN sanctions on Israel over Damascus airstrikes
Israel suspected to have carried out airstrikes on either Hezbollah or Iran interests near Damascus.
Typhoon Hagupit: Weakened tropical storm to pass Philippines capital Manila
Authorities downgrade Hagupit's status to tropical storm but warn it could still wreak havoc.
Typhoon Hagupit: Climate warriors up in arms over Philippines tropical storm
Tropical storm decimates Philippines while global climate talks in Peruvian capital Lima is underway.
Typhoon Hagupit weakens after battering eastern Philippines but authorities on alert
Packing sustained winds upto 140kmph, Hagupit moves west northwest after making second landfall.
India and Russia to sign 12 key agreements during Vladimir Putin's visit
Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit India for two-day bilateral summit to widen ties.
Kashmir Attack: Militants' food packets 'bore' Pakistan army markings
Apart from food packets, huge cache of weapons recovered from Islamist militants.
Typhoon Hagupit forces millions to evacuate in Philippines
Tropical storm locally known as Ruby set to wreak havoc in eastern Visayas and central Philippines.
South Africa commemorates Nelson Mandela's first death anniversary
Madiba's family, political leaders and dignitaries pay tributes to anti-apartheid hero.
