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Australian PM rules out random visa checks Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott distanced himself from a police operation in Melbourne which was cancelled amid public outrage about possible spot checks on people's visas.

29 August 2015 15:29

'Cure' for Chernobyl children: sun, sea, clean air in Portugal Anya wasn't even born when Chernobyl exploded nearly 30 years ago, but even today its radioactive fallout stalks her and other Ukrainian youngsters growing up near the disused plant.

29 August 2015 15:18

Pentagon joins Silicon Valley in 'flexible' tech hub The Pentagon is building a tech hub in Silicon Valley to help create new gadgetry for the supersoldiers of the future as well as tech-savvy consumers.

29 August 2015 15:08

UN chief urges stronger response to migration tragedies UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed to governments to step up their response to Europe's migrant crisis.

29 August 2015 14:59

Trump denies he wants to buy Pope's favorite football team It seems not even bombastic billionaire Donald Trump would go so far as to snatch something so close to the heart of Pope Francis.

29 August 2015 14:41

Clinton on US gun violence: 'Something is deeply wrong' Hillary Clinton reiterated her call for gun safety reforms, saying this week's murder of Virginia journalists during an on-air broadcast shows that "something is deeply wrong" in America.

29 August 2015 14:29

Tens of thousands take holy dip at India's Kumbh Mela Tens of thousands of Hindu pilgrims and holy men washed away their sins with a religious dip on the first main bathing day of India's Kumbh Mela festival.

29 August 2015 14:22

Glastonbury sends abandoned rubber boots to Calais migrants Hundreds of pairs of rubber boots left behind by music fans who attended Britain's Glastonbury music festival have been donated to migrants in Calais.

29 August 2015 14:03

Greece vote set for Sept 20 as Syriza takes poll lead Greece geared up for a snap election next month, with an opinion poll showing the leftist party Syriza ahead despite a wave of defections over the country's massive new bailout.

29 August 2015 13:55

Bush praises New Orleans 'resilience' after Katrina Former president George W. Bush, who faced fierce criticism for the botched government response to Hurricane Katrina, returned to New Orleans to mark the storm's 10th anniversary.

29 August 2015 13:16

Berlin pledges police backup to refugee flashpoint town Berlin pledged to send police reinforcements to the eastern German town hit by violent anti-migrant protests.

29 August 2015 12:42

Russia launches Proton rocket with British satellite Russia successfully launched a Proton rocket with a British satellite in the first such launch since an engine failure in May resulted in a Mexican satellite being destroyed.

29 August 2015 10:44

Greece's top judge takes over as caretaker PM ahead of snap vote Greece's top judge became the country's first female prime minister, taking over a caretaker administration to organise early elections next month.

28 August 2015 17:54

Tesla car gets best-ever rating from Consumer Reports A new Tesla electric car has earned the best-ever vehicle rating from Consumer Reports, sending shares of the automaker racing higher.

28 August 2015 17:52

France's economy minister stumbles on 35-hour-week, again France's divisive economy minister has once again made waves among Socialists by criticising the country's sacrosanct 35-hour week just as the ruling party gathers for its annual conference.

28 August 2015 17:48

Japan slashes 2020 Olympic stadium price tag Japan said it would slash the cost of Tokyo's new 2020 Olympic stadium by more than 40 percent, after ditching its original plan due to the eye-watering $2 billion price tag.

28 August 2015 17:41

Malaysia PM criticises upcoming demonstration Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak criticised organisers of a weekend protest demanding his ouster, saying the timing and venue of the demonstration would clash with independence day parade rehearsals.

28 August 2015 17:13

Iran premieres big-budget epic film 'Muhammad'

28 August 2015 17:04

More than 70 dead in Austrian migrant truck tragedy: government The bodies of more than 70 dead migrants have been recovered from an abandoned truck found on an Austrian motorway, more than the initial estimate of between 20 and 50.

28 August 2015 17:01

Vietnam to free 18,200 prisoners in amnesty but no activists Vietnam said it will free more than 18,200 prisoners to mark its independence day celebrations, but political activists will be excluded from the country's second biggest-ever amnesty.

28 August 2015 16:56