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  1. Deadly asylum boat capsize caught on camera

    Dramatic images released by the Italian navy show the moment a heavily overcrowded boat overturned off the Libyan coast, leaving at least five people dead.

  2. Deplorable conditions in new Greek refugee camps, charity says

    Save the Children warns that conditions in new Greek refugee camps are far from ideal, as thousands of people are relocated from the Idomeni camp on the Macedonian border.

  3. Indonesia seeks clarification of Barnaby Joyce comments on boat arrivals

    Barnaby Joyce tries to reframe comments where he linked the 2011 Labor government decision to suspend live cattle exports to Indonesia with an increase in asylum seeker boats, saying banning exports made negotiations difficult.

  4. Hezbollah pledges further involvement in Syrian civil war

    The Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah pledges to deepen its involvement in the Syrian civil war, despite the recent loss of a senior commander.

  5. Clinton did not comply with federal email policy while secretary of state: Inspector General

    Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while secretary of state broke government rules and was not approved by State Department security officials, according to an internal government watchdog's report.

  6. Israel declares far-right politician Lieberman as new defence minister

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signs a new coalition deal making controversial far-right politician Avigdor Lieberman Defence Minister while broadening the Government's razor-thin majority in parliament.

  7. US singer detained in Jakarta, charged with visa fraud

    Indonesia warns foreigners intending to do any work in the country to make sure they have permission, after a popular US singer-songwriter was detained in Jakarta for 100 days.

  8. Russian family survives leaping from burning apartment building

    Russian parents throw their two young children from the fifth floor of a burning apartment building before jumping themselves.

  9. Desmond Tutu's daughter stripped of priest duties after gay marriage outrage

    Reverend Canon Mpho Tutu-van Furth is forced to give up her duties as a priest including presiding over weddings, holy communions, baptisms and funerals in South Africa's Anglican church after she married a woman.

  10. Moscow frees jailed Ukraine pilot 'hero' in prisoner swap

    Ukrainian military pilot Nadiya Savchenko arrives home in Kiev after nearly two years in a Russian jail, as part of a prisoner swap in which two Russians held in Ukraine were returned to Moscow.

  11. Indonesia refuses palm oil permits in anti-haze push

    Indonesia rejects applications from scores of companies for new palm oil operations, an official says, as it cracks down on an industry whose expansion has been blamed for fuelling haze-belching forest fires.

  12. Cars swallowed by sinkhole near Florence's Ponte Vecchio bridge

    Part of the embankment of the Arno river in the Italian city of Florence collapses, plunging parked cars into a crater and sparking an evacuation of buildings next to the city's world-famous Ponte Vecchio bridge.

Features

  1. Rap, weed and good looks

    Barack Obama fields questions on everything from rap and weed smoking to his good looks at a meeting with young Vietnamese.

  2. China's $1.7t debt bomb

    Chinese banks are looking down the barrel of $1.7 trillion worth of losses, according to an investment bank.

  3. Banning smuggled wildlife

    The UN calls on all governments to pass laws to outlaw the possession of wildlife that has been smuggled.

  4. Austria a divided nation

    After beating his far right rival, Austria's new President faces an uphill battle to become "a president who unites".

  5. Fukushima fuel missing

    The operator of the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant reveals the hunt continues for 600 tonnes of reactor fuel.

  6. Greening of the Taj

    India's Taj Mahal appears to be turning green in places under attack from insect poo.

  7. EgyptAir: What we know

    EgyptAir flight MS804 crashed into the eastern Mediterranean, but what brought it down remains a mystery.

  8. Global dairy glut

    The world is awash with milk with Russia and Europe stockpiling powder while US pizza cheese stimulates growth.

  9. Wheelchairs for Myanmar

    In a small village in Myanmar's jungle, a young boy is getting around with the help of a new wheelchair from Australia.

  10. A revival of NASA

    A record number of people nominate to be trained as astronauts as NASA plans trips to the Moon and Mars.

  11. Inside the real China

    Auskar Surbakti speaks to writer Xu Zhiyuan, described as "the most important Chinese intellectual of his generation".

  12. Who will be Trump's VP?

    Donald Trump has broken every rule so far, but he can't muck picking a VP running mate, writes Bruce Wolpe.

  13. A ride with a difference

    Martin Cuddihy dodges traffic and road blocks to reveal the culture of seemingly lawless Nairobi bus drivers.

Asia Pacific

  1. Indonesian children poisoned picking tobacco

    Children working in Indonesia's tobacco fields are being poisoned, an investigation finds.

    The Human Rights Watch report said child labourers were not being properly protected when handling the leaves from the plant, and that the tobacco companies who bought the leaves were not ensuring that the product was safely produced.

  1. PNG protests continue

    Protesting university students in PNG have been praised by their vice-chancellor.

  2. Marcos' hero's burial

    Rodrigo Duterte says he will allow the body of dictator Ferdinand Marcos to be buried at a heroes' cemetery.

  3. Deadly Myanmar landslide

    A deadly landslide hits a jade mining region of Myanmar with 13 dead and more feared missing.

  4. Swiss 1MDB bank links

    Swiss financial regulators approve the dissolution of BSI Bank over its links to Malaysia's corruption scandal.

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