Updated: 23:04, Friday April 11, 2014. Prosecutor grills Pistorius on testimony. Oscar Pistorius has been accused by a prosecutor of shooting his girlfriend through a toilet door as the couple talked and argued in the early hours of Valentine's Day last year.

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Last-ditch effort for Middle East talks. Updated: 08:22, Monday April 7, 2014. Last-ditch effort for Middle East talks. Israel and the Palestinians have held last-ditch talks with a US envoy on salvaging their teetering peace talks, after the Jewish state threatened ...

Search focuses on signals. Updated: 15:27, Sunday April 6, 2014. Search focuses on signals. Planes and ships are being sent to investigate signals picked up by a Chinese ship involved in the Indian Ocean search for flight MH370, while an Australian ship is ...

Updated: 21:54, Thursday April 3, 2014. Pakistan's ex-leader assassination bid. Pakistan's former military ruler, Pervez Musharraf, who is on trial for treason, has narrowly escaped an assassination attempt as a bomb went off shortly before his convoy was due ...

Apple and Samsung to renew patent battle. Updated: 18:13, Monday March 31, 2014. Apple and Samsung to renew patent battle. Apple and Samsung return to federal court in the heart of Silicon Valley on Monday for a new round in their seemingly perpetual ...

Apple and Samsung to renew patent battle. Updated: 18:13, Monday March 31, 2014. Apple and Samsung to renew patent battle. Apple and Samsung return to federal court in the heart of Silicon Valley on Monday for a new round in their seemingly perpetual ...

UK PM hails first same-sex marriages. Updated: 23:52, Saturday March 29, 2014. UK PM hails first same-sex marriages. Gay couples across England and Wales have said 'I do' as a law authorising same-sex marriage came into effect, the final stage in a long ...

Updated: 19:42, Friday March 28, 2014. Pistorius trial adjourned until April 7. The judge overseeing Oscar Pistorius's murder trial has adjourned the case for more than a week - just before the star Paralympian was expected to take the stand for the first time ...

Updated: 19:42, Friday March 28, 2014. Pistorius trial adjourned until April 7. The judge overseeing Oscar Pistorius's murder trial has adjourned the case for more than a week - just before the star Paralympian was expected to take the stand for the first time ...

Updated: 17:59, Friday March 28, 2014. UN rejects Russia's annexation of Crimea. The IMF has announced a $US14 billion to $US18 billion bailout for Ukraine at the UN General Assembly, refusing to recognise Russia's annexation of the Crimea peninsula.

Updated: 17:59, Friday March 28, 2014. UN rejects Russia's annexation of Crimea. The IMF has announced a $US14 billion to $US18 billion bailout for Ukraine at the UN General Assembly, refusing to recognise Russia's annexation of the Crimea peninsula.

Updated: 18:21, Wednesday March 26, 2014. Air pollution 'kills 7 million people'. Air pollution by sources from cooking fires to auto fumes has become the globe's worst environmental health problem, contributing to a shocking seven million deaths worldwide, ...

Updated: 13:05, Saturday March 22, 2014. Video for this article is not available as your browser either does not support JavaScript and/or Flash Player 9+ or they are currently disabled in your browser settings.

Updated: 20:35, Tuesday March 18, 2014. Chris Brown ordered to stay in jail. A US judge has ordered that singer Chris Brown remain behind bars for allegedly breaching his probation stemming from his notorious 2009 assault of then-girlfriend Rihanna.

Rolling Stones cancel Perth concert. Updated: 17:32, Tuesday March 18, 2014. Rolling Stones cancel Perth concert. The Rolling Stones have cancelled their Perth concert following the death of the girlfriend of frontman Mick Jagger. The concert at the new ...

Updated: 11:18, Tuesday March 18, 2014. Kidman heartbroken by Scott's death. Nicole Kidman is shocked and heartbroken by the death of her close friend and favourite fashion designer, L'Wren Scott. Scott, 49, the longtime girlfriend of Rolling Stones ...

Search jet spans Australia to Kazakhstan. Updated: 06:41, Tuesday March 18, 2014. Search jet spans Australia to Kazakhstan. The search for the Malaysia Airlines passenger jet that disappeared without a trace more than a week ago has been expanded to ...

Updated: 23:54, Friday March 14, 2014. A rare case of suspected HIV transmission from one woman to another has been reported by US health authorities. The 46-year-old 'likely acquired' human immunodeficiency virus while in a monogamous relationship ...

Updated: 23:20, Tuesday March 4, 2014. No troops to Ukraine yet, says Putin. Russia has no need yet to send troops into Ukraine but reserves the right to use 'all means' to protect citizens should the necessity arise, President Vladimir Putin says. 'We reserve ...