Eight children found dead at Australian property
Eight children have been found dead at a home in the Australian city of Cairns, police said Friday, reportedly after a gruesome mass stabbing
Avon beauty firm pays $138 mn to settle China bribe probe
US authorities on Wednesday fined the international cosmetics seller Avon Products $135 million to settle a corruption probe in China
Cosby won't be charged over decades-old sex claim
US prosecutors declined Tuesday to charge Bill Cosby over allegations he sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl in the Playboy Mansion in 1974.
Study says countries lost $1 trillion to corruption in 2012
A global anti-corruption group said that nearly $1 trillion was illicitly drained from developing countries in 2012, representing a record level of corruption.
Threats, ethics fail to deter US media on Sony emails
Ethical arguments and legal threats looked unlikely to deter US media from delving ever deeper into the hacked emails of Hollywood powerhouse Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Bill Cosby's wife defends 'wonderful husband'
Bill Cosby's wife lashed out at media reporting on sex abuse claims against the veteran comic, saying he was the victim of unfounded accusations and was "a wonderful husband."
Australia mourns after tragic end to cafe siege
Grieving Australians eulogised the victims of the Sydney cafe siege as authorities investigated why its Iranian-born perpetrator had remained at large despite a history of violence.
#illridewithyou supports Muslims amid Sydney siege
Australians came out in solidarity with the Muslim community following a siege at a Sydney cafe, as tens of thousands tweeted the hashtag #illridewithyou.
X Pin to desktop X Teen killed by shark in Australia
A teenager was killed in a shark attack at a reef off Australia's northeast coast, with ambulance officials saying he was dead by the time he reached shore.
Newtown marks massacre anniversary with reflection
A deeply scarred US town lowered flags to half mast and urged quiet reflection on the two-year anniversary of a school massacre.
Sony asks media groups to delete 'stolen' data
Sony Pictures Entertainment pressed media outlets Sunday against using data hackers may have leaked about the studio.
Turkey arrests 27 in swoop on anti-Erdogan media
Turkish police arrested the editor of Turkey's biggest-selling newspaper and 26 others in lightning raids on supporters of a US-based cleric.
Austrian prosecutors may present charges against Aliyev this December
Charges against the fugitive Kazakh tycoon Rakhat Aliyev may be brought in Austria as early as this month.
Nobel protester sought to draw attention to 'murdered Mexican students'
A young man who disrupted the Nobel prize ceremony in Oslo by waving a Mexican flag streaked with red said he did it to denounce the alleged killing of students by Mexican authorities.
Hacking threatens airline safety: aviation chiefs
Cyber crime is a serious threat to safety in the skies, aviation industry heavyweights said, vowing to fight the growing scourge before it causes a catastrophic incident.
Hackers urge Sony to pull N. Korea comedy film: reports
A group which claims to have hacked Sony's servers demanded that its movie studio pull a soon-to-be-released comedy depicting a fictional CIA plot to kill North Korea's leader.
Third night of US protests against police killings
Thousands of demonstrators marched in major cities across the United States in a fresh wave of protests against a spate of killings of unarmed black men by white police officers.
Hackers threaten Sony staff in new email
Sony Pictures staff received a threatening email Friday claiming to be from the hackers who breached the entertainment giant's computer network.
White policeman kills unarmed black man in Arizona
A white police officer shot dead a black man in Arizona when he mistook some pills for a gun amid protests in New York triggered by a string of similar incidents.