14:30 NZST Sat May 18 2013
An English woman who lied about being raped by her ex-boyfriend has been jailed for eight months.
13:00 NZST Sat May 18 2013
A US man accused of imprisoning three women in his home for a decade allegedly used to prey on his daughter's friends but was overprotective of his own children, insisting they wear shorts under skirts, T-shirts over their bathers and even shower "with underwear on".
13:00 NZST Sat May 18 2013
Online donors have raised enough money to allow a 91-year-old US man whose daughter tried to evict him to keep his home.
13:00 NZST Sat May 18 2013
A 16-year-old US girl has died on the very first drive her parents allowed her to take alone after texting behind the wheel, police say
12:29 NZST Sat May 18 2013
Actor Michael Le Vell, a household name in Britain after appearing on the soap Coronation Street for 30 years, has pleaded not guilty to child sex charges.
12:04 NZST Sat May 18 2013
The Nigerian military has launched an all-out assault on Islamist strongholds, with dozens reportedly killed.
11:58 NZST Sat May 18 2013
The US is in the grip of lottery fever as the Powerball jackpot hits a record $US600 million.
11:53 NZST Sat May 18 2013
The IRS chief accused of targeting conservative groups has denied the charge before the US congress and insists the abuses were not driven by politics.
11:48 NZST Sat May 18 2013
The UN has added French Polynesia to its decolonisation list, angering France.
11:15 NZST Sat May 18 2013
OJ Simpson is appealing against his 2008 conviction and imprisonment at a trial in Las Vegas on the grounds his lawyer mishandled his defence.
11:14 NZST Sat May 18 2013
Fear, isolation and discrimination are everyday phenomena for gays in Europe, a report by the EU's Agency for Fundamental Rights has found.
11:01 NZST Sat May 18 2013
General Martin Dempsey has given the first official confirmation from the US government Moscow has sent advanced "ship-killer" cruise missiles to Syria.
10:42 NZST Sat May 18 2013
Thieves have stolen $1 million of jewellery from an employee of Swiss jeweller Chopard that was to be worn by the stars attending the Cannes film festival
10:28 NZST Sat May 18 2013
Around the world some 27 million people, including women and girls, are the victims of trafficking, US Secretary of State John Kerry says.
09:59 NZST Sat May 18 2013
A former Spanish banker has been arrested and spent a night in jail over the failure of the bank he headed during the country's financial crisis.
09:28 NZST Sat May 18 2013
Caleb Lawrence McGillvary was detained at a bus station after a manhunt following the murder of 73-year-old Joseph Galfy in New Jersey.
09:00 NZST Sat May 18 2013
Britain's Prince William looks set to break with tradition and be at the birth of his first child.
08:30 NZST Sat May 18 2013
Scotland Yard says officers have identified a number of `people of interest' in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.
07:14 NZST Sat May 18 2013
Toronto's mayor is denying he is the person seen smoking a crack pipe in a video, which Canadian media say drug dealers have offered to sell to them.
06:23 NZST Sat May 18 2013
A British coroner says he is unable to hold an inquest into the death of Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko because of restricted evidence.
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