Trump accuses China of Hillary Clinton's email hack without evidence

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Twitter early on Wednesday China hacked the emails of 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton but did not offer any evidence or further information.…

White US cop found guilty of murder in death of black teenager

A Texas jury found a white police officer guilty of murder Tuesday (Aug 28) for the shooting death of a 15-year-old African American boy - a rare conviction resulting from a high-profile police shoot…

Australia detains 17 asylum seekers

A group of 17 asylum seekers, who reached mainland Australia by boat at the weekend have been located and detained, government officials said on Tuesday."The department can confirm 17 Vietnamese nati…

Russia to hold biggest war games in decades

Russia plans to hold massive war games involving 300,000 personnel next month - its biggest military manoeuvres since the Cold War.Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said units from China and Mongolia wo…

'Stressed, weeping' pilot caused deadly Nepal plane crash - inquiry

An investigation into a deadly plane crash at Nepal's international airport has blamed the captain who wept and suffered an emotional breakdown during the flight after his skills had been questioned,…

Kindergarten teacher in trial for child pornography and assault in Germany

A 31-year-old former kindergarten teacher faces trial in Germany on Monday for more than a dozen incidents of sexual assault between 2012 and 2018 and creating child pornography by filming his crimes…

Myanmar army leaders guilty of genocide and must face prosecution - U.N. report say

A UN report has said top military figures in Myanmar must be investigated for genocide in Rakhine state and crimes against humanity in other areas.The report, based on hundreds of interviews, is the …

Gunman kills self and 2 others at video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida

Two people were killed and 11 others wounded on Sunday when a video game tournament competitor went on a shooting rampage before turning the gun on himself in the northern Florida city of Jacksonvill…

Four killed and 20 hurt as bus plunges off bridge in Finland

Four people were killed and 20 others injured when a bus collided with five cars and plunged off a bridge onto railway tracks on Friday, Finnish emergency services said.The charter bus, carrying a pa…

Boy dies after beating by Buddhist monk

A nine-year-old Buddhist novice has died after a beating by a Thai monk who allegedly battered him with a stick and slammed his head against a pillar, officials said Friday.Monk Suphachai Suthiyano, …

Japan's first female fighter pilot takes flight

A Japanese woman will be flying through the glass ceiling as she becomes her country's first female fighter pilot.First Lieutenant Misa Matsushima, 26, will begin duty on Friday having completed her …

Peru struck by 7.1 magnitude earthquake

A magnitude 7.1 quake struck nearly 250 km (155 miles) northwest of Puerto Maldonado, Peru, in the early hours of Friday at a depth of 610 km, the U.S. Geological Survey said.There were no immediate …

South Korean ex-president Park's sentence extended

A South Korean appeal court on Friday extended ex-president Park Geun-hye's prison sentence for corruption and abuse of power by one year.The decision by the Seoul High Court means the former head of…

Five soldiers killed in clashes in eastern Ukraine

Five soldiers have been killed and seven wounded in eastern Ukraine during an assault by separatist forces, Ukraine's defence ministry says.Four died during a five-hour clash near Krymske, a village …

British-Iranian Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe released from jail temporarily

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian woman who has been in prison in Tehran for more than two years on sedition charges, has been released for three days, her husband said on Thursday."Nazani…

Hong Kong doctor 'killed wife and daughter using gas-filled yoga ball'

An anaesthetist killed his wife and 16-year-old daughter using a yoga ball filled with carbon monoxide, a Hong Kong court has heard.Prosecutors said Khaw Kim-sun left the inflatable ball in the boot …

UPDATED: France's knife attack kills two and injures one, Islamic State claims responsibility

A knife wielding man killed his mother and sister in Trappes, a suburb in Paris, a source from the French Interior Ministry said.The attack, which took place in the street on Thursday, also left a th…

BREAKING: Two dead, one injured after knife attack in Paris

Two people have been killed and another seriously injured in a knife attack in Paris.The attacker was shot dead by police in Trappes, France, after making threats against officers.Sources say the man…

Child rapists who tortured girl, 8, sentenced to death by hanging

Two child rapists who tortured an eight-year-old girl, slit her throat and then left her for dead have been sentenced to hang in India. Irfan Mewati, 20, and Asif Mewati, 24, abducted the child outsi…

Russian police attacked by knife-wielding men, bomb blast and gunmen in three separate incident

Militants in the Russian region of Chechnya staged a series of attacks against police targets on Monday, the leader of the region and law enforcement officials said, amid one unconfirmed report that …