14:34 NZST Sun May 19 2013
In an interview with an Argentinian newspaper, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has stated again he will not step down, putting any peace process in doubt.
14:05 NZST Sun May 19 2013
Nigeria has imposed a curfew in a northeastern city as it ramps up its campaign to root out the Islamist group Boko Haram.
13:55 NZST Sun May 19 2013
Boxing champion Vitali Klitschko has led a rally in Kiev demanding the release of former Ukrainian premier Yulia Tymoshenko.
13:08 NZST Sun May 19 2013
A prominent Sydney dance teacher accused of taking naked photographs of his students and grooming them for sex was dobbed into police by his wife.
13:08 NZST Sun May 19 2013
Thousands of Italians have joined an anti-austerity march in the centre of Rome as unemployment continues to rise.
13:05 NZST Sun May 19 2013
An investigation has begun into a train crash along a key route between the US cities of Boston and New York, with the line to be closed for two days.
10:20 NZST Sun May 19 2013
A guitar played by Beatles pair John Lennon and George Harrison has sold for more than $US400,000 at a New York auction.
10:20 NZST Sun May 19 2013
A meteor has slammed into the moon causing an explosion so large it was visible to people on Earth, according to NASA.
10:20 NZST Sun May 19 2013
A Colombian thief has been filmed on CCTV mistakenly sprinting into an oncoming bus after trying to steal a woman's mobile.
10:15 NZST Sun May 19 2013
Zohra Hussain, 59, the vice president of PTI women's wing in the southern Sindh province, was targeted by three gunmen on a motorcycle outside.
10:14 NZST Sun May 19 2013
The last time a leader of Myanmar, then known as Burma, visited the White House was in 1966, as the country was entering decades of military rule.
07:41 NZST Sun May 19 2013
A giant anteater has stunned keepers after suddenly giving birth despite having been separated from her mate.
02:42 NZST Sun May 19 2013
A British woman has died from what may be methanol poisoning after drinking "tainted alcohol" while in Sumatra.
23:42 NZST Sat May 18 2013
Newly-minted Russian citizen Gerard Depardieu has compared President Vladimir Putin to the late Pope John Paul II.
22:25 NZST Sat May 18 2013
Gunmen slaughtered a Baghdad family in the latest bloodshed of an escalating sectarian conflict in Iraq.
21:04 NZST Sat May 18 2013
North Korea has launched three guided missiles apparently as part of a military drill.
21:03 NZST Sat May 18 2013
No tsunami warning has been issued after a strong quake off the northern coast of Japan's main Honshu Island.
20:55 NZST Sat May 18 2013
Saudi Arabia has reported another case of the deadly coronavirus which has already killed 15 people.
20:28 NZST Sat May 18 2013
Australia's gardeners at the Chelsea Flower Show have received a surprise visit from Prince Harry as they put the final touches on their exhibit.
20:15 NZST Sat May 18 2013
Two brothers have been arrested by French police over an online threat to stage a mass killing at a high school.
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