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Craig Bruce McAllister appealed for Australian government to pay ransom demanded by captors.

A harrowing video shows the Mexican twins crying while being held by a doctor in Chihuahua, Mexico.

The rising Russian ruble and commodity stocks earned some $29bn for the nation's oligarchs.

The Unesco bay is a popular boating destination for Western travellers and honeymooning couples.

Sessions defends record on civil rights, says he 'abhors' the KKK 'and what it represents'

Under the proposal care home residents unable to afford sex workers could bill the state.

Judges needed to hear case on December presidential election unavailable until May or November.

Among the dead were four women, Afghanistan's Ministry of Interior has said.

Trump's cabinet picks are slow to disclose conflicts of interest and sign ethics agreements

Six people have died in clashes with the police and 1,500 people were detained for looting shops in the past week.

A new election in Northern Ireland has sparked fears of a delay in Brexit negotiations.

Wanted individuals captured from Isis and sold through Turkey can fetch a minimum of $50,000.

The President-elect will take the place of Barack Obama on Friday 20 January.

X Factor singer had asked to sing anti-racism protest anthem Strange Fruit.

The Mexican government hiked the price of gasoline by 14 to 20 per cent on 1 January, sparking outrage among civilians throughout the country.

Chamseddine ran the cell, known as the Bardo gang, responsible for the slayings at the Bardo Museum and the Sousse attack.

Nominee Jeff Sessions expected to be questioned on his oil investments and civil rights record.

The three-party coalition holds a one-seat majority in parliament.

Camps use brutal treatments to cure addicts.

China says it will not interfere with the internal affairs of its "true and dear friend".

Up to 22,000 Rohingya have fled from Myanmar's Rakhine state in the past week, says UN agency.

The apparent act of piracy came as Duterte gave a six-month deadline to soldiers to eliminate Islamic militants from the country.

Leader of pro-Biafra movement – calling for breakaway from Nigeria – faces trial on treasonable felony charges.

He was buried next to revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

Abe will arrive in capital Manila on 12 January.

The unnamed monk had set himself ablaze on 8 January during a rally.

'These are baseless allegations substantiated with nothing,' Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

Numerous civilians return to their homes in areas that have been rid of the jihadists.

The president-elect's key aide attempted to justify his attack on Meryl Streep following her Golden Globes speech.