The defence team for Oscar Pistorius plans to close its case after its last witness, a physician who has treated the athlete, completed his testimony at the murder trial on Monday, a lawyer said. The end of testimony signals a new phase in the months-long trial ...

Hurricane Arthur has made landfall on the US east coast, packing 160km/h winds and drenching rains in an onslaught dampening America's July 4 celebrations. The US National Hurricane Center said the first hurricane of the Atlantic season carried potential ...

The jihadist Islamic State of Syria and the Levant has taken over a string of towns and cities in Syria's oil-rich province of Deir Ezzor, and now also controls most of the countryside. The province, next to Iraq, forms part of ISIL's newly declared 'caliphate', which ...

There was one key that unlocked the complex child sex abuse case against Rolf Harris and led to his conviction and probable jailing. It was a letter Harris wrote to the main victim's father in 1997. 'This is a confession of child abuse,' prosecutor Sasha Wass ...

There was one key that unlocked the complex child sex abuse case against Rolf Harris and led to his conviction and probable jailing. It was a letter Harris wrote to the main victim's father in 1997. 'This is a confession of child abuse,' prosecutor Sasha Wass ...

There was one key that unlocked the complex child sex abuse case against Rolf Harris and led to his conviction and probable jailing. It was a letter Harris wrote to the main victim's father in 1997. 'This is a confession of child abuse,' prosecutor Sasha Wass ...

There was one key that unlocked the complex child sex abuse case against Rolf Harris and led to his conviction and probable jailing. It was a letter Harris wrote to the main victim's father in 1997. 'This is a confession of child abuse,' prosecutor Sasha Wass ...

There was one key that unlocked the complex child sex abuse case against Rolf Harris and led to his conviction and probable jailing. It was a letter Harris wrote to the main victim's father in 1997. 'This is a confession of child abuse,' prosecutor Sasha Wass ...

A number of U.S. military advisers have landed in Baghdad this morning to establish a strategic base in the city. They are the first of 300 Special Forces troops, deployed by President Barack Obama, to aid the Iraqi army in its defence against the Sunni militant ...

Ukraine says it has regained control of the airport in the eastern city of Donetsk after a day of punishing air strikes and fierce fighting with pro-Moscow separatist gunmen left dozens of people dead. Russian President Vladimir Putin immediately called on ...

The death toll from an attack by Syrian rebels on a campaign rally for President Bashar al-Assad's re-election bid has risen to 37. 'The death toll from the Daraa attack has risen to 37,' said Rami Abdel Rahman, director of the Syrian Observatory for Human ...

Four people have been killed, including a young girl, in a suicide car bomb attack in the north Nigerian city of Kano. 'At about 2200 (0700 AEST Monday), we heard an explosion and immediately mobilised to the scene where we discovered a suicide ...

Four people have been killed, including a young girl, in a suicide car bomb attack in the north Nigerian city of Kano. 'At about 2200 (0700 AEST Monday), we heard an explosion and immediately mobilised to the scene where we discovered a suicide ...

A software glitch has delayed the underwater search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane in the Indian Ocean. An autonomous underwater vehicle was deployed on Anzac Day, about 1584km northwest of Perth. But a software fault that required a resetting ...

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Obama, Putin argue over Ukraine crisis. Updated: 14:17, Tuesday April 15, 2014. Obama, Putin argue over Ukraine crisis. Presidents Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin have clashed over pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine, in a tense phone call, as tensions ...

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Updated: 23:58, Saturday April 12, 2014. Amazon to release smartphone. Amazon is preparing to release a smartphone in the second half of this year, thrusting itself into a market already crowded with Apple and Samsung models. The company aims to ...

Updated: 23:58, Saturday April 12, 2014. Amazon to release smartphone. Amazon is preparing to release a smartphone in the second half of this year, thrusting itself into a market already crowded with Apple and Samsung models. The company aims to ...