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Indonesia rights body slams LGBT raids after UK rapist case

The country's LGBT community has increasingly been targeted in recent years.

8 days ago

By AFP News

United Kingdom

Ukraine International Airline plane crash

Iran denies 'cover-up' as anger mounts over downed airliner

The Kiev-bound plane was knocked out of the sky hours after Tehran had launched a wave of missiles at US troops in Iraq.

9 days ago

By David Vujanovic

Iran

Australian 'megablaze' brought under control

New South Wales firefighters said they finally had the upper hand in the fight against the vast Gospers Mountain fire in Sydney.

9 days ago

By Andrew Beatty

Iran admits unintentionally shooting down Ukrainian Airliner

Iran's official IRNA news agency had published a statement from the military saying the Boeing 737 was mistaken for a "hostile plane."

12 days ago

By Marc Jourdier

Iran Donald Trump

Somali jihadists kill 3 Americans in attack on Kenya military base

Attackers breached heavy security at Camp Simba at dawn but were pushed back and four jihadists killed.

17 days ago

By Fran Blandy

Somalia Kenya

Troops deployed across fire-hit Australia after horror weekend

The bushfires have now destroyed an area the size of Ireland.

17 days ago

By AFP News

Smokey Sydney to kick off New Year parties with fireworks

Australia's largest city usually puts on a dazzling display of pyrotechnics over the glittering harbour.

23 days ago

By Holly Robertson

Pompeo to travel to Ukraine ahead of Trump's US Senate trial

Pompeo will also visit the political leaders of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Cyprus.

23 days ago

By Francesco Fontemaggi

Ukraine Donald Trump

Anti-racist group protests Tweets about black Miss France 2020

Clemence Botino has been the target of racist comments, especially on Twitter, since she won the title on December 14

27 days ago

By AFP News

Twitter

Australia Christmas gift scramble leaves a dozen injured

Twelve people were treated for minor injuries, with five taken to hospital.

Dec 24, 2019

By AFP News

Australian PM ends holiday to face fire crisis

Fires are burning almost the entire length of Australia's east coast.

Dec 20, 2019

By Andrew Beatty

Trump seeks rapid exoneration in Senate after impeachment

Trump is charged with abuse of office and obstruction of Congress.

Dec 20, 2019

By Paul Handley

Donald Trump

Defiant Indians protest nationwide against citizenship law

Modi has insisted that his government does not aim to marginalise Muslims with the new law.

Dec 19, 2019

By Jalees Andrabi

India

Key Democrat says impeachment needed to stop 'a crime in progress'

Trump is counting on the Republican majority in the Senate to exonerate him.

Dec 16, 2019

By AFP News

Donald Trump

Heroism, devastation after deadly New Zealand volcano eruption

When the blast occurred, it was being visited by a group of more than 30 people from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship.

Dec 10, 2019

By Marty Melville, with Neil Sands in Wellington and Holly Robertson in Sydney

Indian Police kill rape-murder suspects, sparking celebrations

Many social media users, including politicians and celebrities, hailed police.

Dec 6, 2019

By Jalees Andrabi

India

House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerry Nadler

Next phase of Trump impeachment hearings set for Dec 4

Democrats leading the probe said that they could present their report detailing presidential wrongdoing as early as next week.

Nov 27, 2019

By AFP News

Donald Trump

Same-sex behaviour benefits a species as a whole: Yale Study

The study casts aspersions on conservative beliefs that same-sex behaviour will have detrimental effects on the survival of a species.

Nov 22, 2019

By Rishabh Jain

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