Malaysian police say a third person has been arrested in connection with the apparent assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's half brother, Kim Jong Nam. Police official Abdul Samah says officers detained a Malaysian man on Wednesday ...

A Melbourne man has been charged with funding a US citizen to fight with terrorists in Syria. The charge, which follows an FBI tipoff, is the first of its kind in Australia. The 23-year-old is facing a single charge of intentionally making funds available to a group ...

Two people were killed when a monster truck ploughed into a crowd during a stunt show in the Netherlands, officials say. The truck, sporting outsized tyres and a powerful engine, surged off the track on Sunday after driving over a line of prop cars, crashing ...

A new vaccine temporarily shielded lab monkeys from Ebola, and a booster jab provided lasting protection, according to a study that has endorsed approval for tests on humans. A single shot of the vaccine, based on a cold virus that affects chimps, gave ...

President Barack Obama has urged a broad front against the Islamic State as NATO leaders gather in Wales, with Britain and France weighing joining US air strikes in Iraq. Pressure on Western governments to take firm action against the jihadists in Iraq and ...

The euro has fallen again against major currencies as Germany reiterated its insistence on austerity and reform in trying to revive the eurozone economy. The euro sank below $US1.32 against the US dollar on Monday, falling to its lowest level since early ...

The euro has fallen again against major currencies as Germany reiterated its insistence on austerity and reform in trying to revive the eurozone economy. The euro sank below $US1.32 against the US dollar on Monday, falling to its lowest level since early ...

The New Zealand dollar is heading for a 0.9 per cent weekly decline as investors prepare for the central bankers' symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen will deliver a speech. The kiwi fell to 84.09 US cents at 5pm in ...

Liberian security forces have used wood and barbed wire to seal off 50,000 people inside their crowded slum in an attempt to contain the Ebola outbreak, which has killed 1350 people and counting. Hundreds of slum residents clashed with the police and ...

Ukraine is accusing pro-Russian rebels of killing dozens of civilians fleeing the war-torn east, with crisis talks between Kiev and Moscow failing to halt months of bloodshed. Colonel Andriy Lysenko, a spokesman for Ukraine's National Security Council, told ...

Ukraine is accusing pro-Russian rebels of killing dozens of civilians fleeing the war-torn east, with crisis talks between Kiev and Moscow failing to halt months of bloodshed. Colonel Andriy Lysenko, a spokesman for Ukraine's National Security Council, told ...

European stock markets have rebounded sharply as traders breath a sigh of relief over easing tensions in east Ukraine and gains by Western-backed forces in Iraq. Frankfurt's main DAX index added 1.68 per cent to end Monday at 9,245.33. London's ...

International experts with sniffer dogs have recovered the remains of more victims from the downed Malaysia Airlines jet in east Ukraine despite shelling limiting access to some parts of the vast crash site. Seventy Dutch and Australian police investigators ...

International experts with sniffer dogs have recovered the remains of more victims from the downed Malaysia Airlines jet in east Ukraine despite shelling limiting access to some parts of the vast crash site. Seventy Dutch and Australian police investigators ...

A huge blaze has raged for a third day at a fuel depot near Tripoli's airport, while a warplane has crashed in its second city Benghazi during fighting with Islamists. Gunmen kidnapped a former deputy prime minister and newly-elected MP, Mustapha Abu ...

Chinese police have reportedly shot dead dozens of members of a knife-wielding terror gang in the far western home to the country's Muslim Uighur minority. 'A gang armed with knives and axes attacked a police station and government offices' in Shache ...

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Hamas of violating a ceasefire that it had itself called, and says Israeli operations in Gaza will continue. 'They are violating their own ceasefire. Under these circumstances, Israel will do what it must do ...

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has confirmed at least 23 Australians were aboard a Malaysia Airlines plan that crashed in Ukraine, killing nearly 300 people. Dutch authorities are meanwhile maintaining that 27 Australians were among those killed. 'This is a ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed military to begin a ground offensive in Gaza following a five-hour ceasefire. Fighting resumed after a rocket fired from Gaza hit southern Israel exactly as the UN-requested five-hour lull ended at 3pm ...

US stocks have recovered from a sharp opening fall sparked by a Portugal bank scare and general investor caution to end with modest losses. After the initial reaction, traders appeared to discount the potential impact of problems in Lisbon-based Banco ...