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Former US president George W. Bush, the main promoter of the Iraq war during 2003-2011, says he still hasn't read the Chilcot report which has raised harsh criticisms against his former ally Tony Blair in the UK.

A Nigerian man facing imminent execution in Indonesia tearfully told a court that police electrocuted his genitals to force him to confess to possessing heroin.

Fears that the world's newest nation is set for fresh violence in its year-old civil war as peace talks languish and the rainy season ends.

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.

Spurned by conservative Catholics during the Cold War for being too like communism, liberation theology is finding new support.

Four years ago I predicted Washington would have more steakhouses full of right-wing carnivores, aggressive sports bars and a revival of stuffy Republican enclaves. What happened was far grimmer.

The Morrison government has trashed a 50-year convention when it comes to public comment about Taiwan.

Buckingham Palace has released the official photographs from the wedding of Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank.

Junta leader Prayut Chan-o-cha should be in the box seat to remain in power, but the opposition parties in Thailand are stirring.

As a US federal appeals court readies to hear her groundbreaking case, once obscure actress Cindy Lee Garcia faces some tough resistance: death threats from around the Muslim world and the wrath of the planet's most powerful internet companies.

The gunmen who entered a school in Peshawar, Pakistan, hunted down students hiding under desks, a victim who survived says.

Applications for German citizenship from dispossessed British émigré Jews and their families have spiked sharply after the June 23 vote.

US President Donald Trump's tweets accusing Germany of owing the United States "vast sums of money" for NATO have been rejected, with German Defence Minister questioning Mr Trump's understanding of NATO finances.

President Jokowi, who arrives in Australia on Sunday for a three-day visit, revealed two key commitments as he emphasised trust has been restored.

Three teenagers and a 20-year-old man were shot and wounded on Friday outside a Portland, Oregon, high school when a gunman thought to have gang ties opened fire following a dispute.

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The activists were instrumental in persuading Lorde to cancel a Tel Aviv show, leading to legal action on behalf of distraught fans.

As Australia debates the need to spend money on renewable energy projects to power our future without destroying the environment, it is worth taking a look at rubbish.

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"What does om telolet om" mean? American DJ duo The Chainsmokers, who have 729,000 Twitter followers, tweeted at 1.22am on December 21.

Thirty-six people are dead after Russia's worst coal mining accident in years, with authorities saying Sunday that they have abandoned rescue efforts in the northern town of Vorkuta.

After long relying on manufacturing, commodities and the informal economy, Indonesia is entering a world of technology-driven retail.

ISIS is increasingly the "losing team" and will find it harder to use the internet to lure young men from abroad into becoming jihadists, a US military spokesman says.

Australian businessman Matthew Ng, dubbed the country's first Chinese political prisoner by his supporters, has been granted early release from prison 18 months after his landmark transfer from the mainland.