After the drama of this week's US primaries, a second shadow election campaign is underway, writes TRIP GABRIEL.

The US Supreme Court has ruled that almost $US 2 billion in frozen Iranian assets must be turned over to American families of people killed in the 1983 bombing of a US Marine Corps barracks in Beirut and other attacks blamed on Iran.

Philippine prosecutors have filed murder charges against a US Marine accused of killing a Filipino transgender woman, in a case that has fanned anti-American sentiment.

Four gunmen took a man hostage in an apartment in the Belgian city of Ghent on Monday, officials said, adding there was no initial evidence linking the assault to a jihadist organisation.

A man has shot and killed a Florida police officer.

Christine Yano, an anthropology professor from Hawaii, did not intend to spend much of her adult life talking about a bubble-headed anthropomorphised cat. I mean, who would? 

A bomb scare triggered by a note found on a Qantas plane has caused an evacuation of Queenstown Airport in New Zealand on Sunday afternoon.

Derby the dog is an advertisement for the astonishing versatility of 3-D printing.

Queenslander Julian Wilson has clinched surfing's Triple Crown title by beating new world champion Gabriel Medina in the Pipeline Masters final.

An MP ejected from the New Zealand Parliament for speaking out against sexual violence and the Australian mistreatment of detainees on Christmas Island is demanding NZ Prime Minister John Key apologise for accusing her party of defending rapists.

The visit is being closely watched in the West, where some fear both men might use their rapprochement to exert pressure on the US, EU and NATO.

Twitter, Facebook and Google face big fines if they do not present Delhi's position on disputed territory.

British airports were plunged into chaos on Friday by a technical failure that forced authorities to restrict access to the country's airspace, the National Air Traffic Service (NATS) said.

Sir Richard Branson has quietly shelved an ambitious plan to pilot a submarine to the deepest points of the world's five oceans.

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The number of child soldiers recruited by armed groups in the Central African Republic have quadrupled since the outbreak of a bloody civil war two years ago.

One Qatar-based researcher analysed 22,000 recent interactions on Twitter and found a large number of accounts displayed "inauthentic activity."

Israel has admitted that two of its citizens have been missing in Gaza for months amid signs it was attempting to negotiate with Hamas for their release.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo thanked Malcolm Turnbull for Australia's assistance fighting the forest fires when he arrived in Jakarta on Thursday.

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for two bombings at a market in the Sadr City district that killed at least 42 people.