Belgian police arrest 12 in anti-terror raids
Belgian police arrest 12 people suspected of plotting a terrorist attack following an anti-terror operation across 16 municipalities 
Canada passes assisted suicide bill
Canadian Senate passes law to allow doctors to euthanise terminally ill patients  
17 missing as fishing boat collides with Malta-flagged ship in Chinese waters

Search and rescue operation underway for 17 people who went missing after a fishing boat collided with a Malta-flagged ship and sank 

Search and rescue operation underway for 17 people who went...

Clinton to form ‘Republicans for Hillary’ group to exploit anti-Trump anger

Hillary Clinton's campaign starts targeting Republican voters who are disillusioned at Donald Trump's nomination as their party's presidential...

Hillary Clinton's campaign starts targeting Republican...

[WATCH] London elects first Muslim mayor of major western capital

Labour's Sadiq Khan elected mayor of London, winning 57% of the total vote...

Labour's Sadiq Khan elected mayor of London, winning...

Leaders discuss solutions for plans of coal-fired power in Asia

In an unusually stark warning, the World Bank president, Jim Yong Kim, noted...

In an unusually stark warning, the World Bank president,...

Trump finds no support from US House Speaker Paul Ryan

US House Speaker Paul Ryan currently unwilling to support Donald Trump as...

US House Speaker Paul Ryan currently unwilling to support...

North Korea holds first party congress in decades

North Korea is holding its first party congress in nearly 40 years, as leader...

North Korea is holding its first party congress in nearly...

Scottish Nationalists claim victory in Parliament elections

Counting is currently underway in 40 English local council polls, with resultd...

Counting is currently underway in 40 English local council...

Internally displaced Syrians targeted in Idlib airstrikes

An air strike killed at least 17 in a camp for internally displaced Syrians...

An air strike killed at least 17 in a camp for internally...

Turkish PM Davotoglu resigns amid conflict with Erdogan

Turkey's Prime Minister resigns, consolidating Recep Tayyip...

Turkey's Prime Minister...

New born baby girl found dead in Irish recycling plant

Police have appealed for help in tracing the mother of a newborn baby girl...

Police have appealed for help in tracing the mother of a...

Revolutions in fertility on the horizon

A recent breakthrough in growing embryos will improve fertility treatments and revolutionise knowledge of the earliest steps to human life

A recent breakthrough in growing embryos will improve...

More than 30 people injured during Etihad flight to Jakarta

More than 30 people were injured when an Etihad Airways flight hit "severe...

More than 30 people were injured when an Etihad Airways...

Brazilian senator recommends impeachment trial for Rousseff

Beleaguered Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff says she will fight on as Senate...

Beleaguered Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff says she...

Forced abortions alive and well in China

Despite a new 'two child' law, family planning police are still pushing women to have abortions

Despite a new 'two child' law, family planning...

Trump the sole presidential Republican candidate left

Donald Trump has gone from long-shot contender to the Republican party's...

Donald Trump has gone from long-shot contender to the...

Syria's ceasefire agreement to be extended to Aleppo

An agreement has been reached with Russia to extend a ceasefire in Syria to the...

An agreement has been reached with Russia to extend a...

Australian Daesh recruiter killed in Iraq, 110 others still on the loose

An Australian man alleged to be a senior recruiter for the militant group Daesh has been killed by a US airstrike in Iraq

An Australian man alleged to be a senior recruiter for the...

[WATCH] Muscat says return of Maltese diplomats in Libya hinges on security conditions

Joseph Muscat lands in Libya and says he looks forward to return of Maltese diplomatic mission once security is guaranteed in North African country

Joseph Muscat lands in Libya and says he looks forward to...