US vetoes Palestine’s UN membership bid in Security Council
Palestine’s bid for full UN membership thwarted by US veto • Malta among 12 Security Council members that voted in favour
Ian Borg: International community must avoid Middle East crisis
Foreign affairs minister Ian Borg tells journalists ahead of a UN Security Council debate that international community should focus on dialogue and dispute resolution
Australian police and tax officers carry out 18 raids on Panama Papers clients

Australian Federal Police and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission carried out raids after investigations into 800 clients of Panama law...

Australian Federal Police and the Australian Criminal...

Car containing seven gas cylinders abandoned near Notre Dame in Paris

A car was abandoned close to Notre Dame, containing seven gas cylinders, but no...

A car was abandoned close to Notre Dame, containing seven...

Edward Snowden 'hid in homes of Hong Kong asylum seekers'

Whistle-blower Edward Snowden laid low with asylum seekers during his time in...

Whistle-blower Edward Snowden laid low with asylum seekers...

Fox settles sexual harassment lawsuit for $20 million

Fox News will pay $20 million to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit, two...

Fox News will pay $20 million to settle a sexual...

Mexico gang suspected of downing police helicopter

Authorities are investigating whether it was gunmen which shot down a police...

Authorities are investigating whether it was gunmen which...

Yemen air strikes kill al-Qaeda fighters, US says

13 members of al-Qaeda have been killed in air strikes in Yemen, the US...

13 members of al-Qaeda have been killed in air strikes in...

Syrian government helicopters 'drop chlorine' on Aleppo

Syrian activists and rescue workers in Aleppo accused the government...

Syrian activists and rescue workers in Aleppo accused...

Radical preacher Anjem Choudary jailed for five years, six months

Court sentences radical UK cleric Anjem Choudary to five years and six months...

Court sentences radical UK cleric Anjem Choudary to five...

Black Lives Matter protestors block off London City Airport runway

Black Lives Matter activists block off access to London City Airport in protest...

Black Lives Matter activists block off access to London...

Turkish air strikes hit 12 targets in north Iraq

Turkish warplanes destroyed 12 targets in northern Iraq, a region where...

Turkish warplanes destroyed 12 targets in northern...

Bomb kills father and daughter at school in Thailand

A motorcycle bomb killed a father and daughter in front of a Thai elementary...

A motorcycle bomb killed a father and daughter in front of...

Fall in ovarian cancer deaths worldwide linked to contraceptive pill use

A new study has found that the hormonal contraceptive pill can protect women from ovarian cancer when they grow older, but taking hormones to alleviate the...

A new study has found that the hormonal contraceptive pill...

Obama cancels meeting with Philippines' Duterte after ‘bitch’ insult

US President Barack Obama has cancelled a meeting with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who had earlier called him a "son of a bitch"

US President Barack Obama has cancelled a meeting with...

Suicide bomber and gunmen hit Kabul charity

At least one person was killed and six other wounded after a suicide bomber and...

At least one person was killed and six other wounded after...

Frontex in the dark over Italian rescue operations

Italian authorities are not sharing data about rescue operations with...

Italian authorities are not sharing data about rescue...

G20 countries to agree that all policy measures should be used to achieve solid and sustainable economic growth

Chinese President says global economy is threatened by rising protectionism • North Korea launches ballistic missiles • German Chancellor says G20...

Chinese President says global economy is threatened by...

Over 1,000 migrants rescued off Libyan coast, seven people dead

Over 1,000 people saved from dinghies in mass rescue operaton operation 12...

Over 1,000 people saved from dinghies in mass rescue...

Angela Merkel's party loses to right-wing populists in German elections

The Social Democrats, a centre-left group, were projected to win 30.5% of votes on Sunday night

The Social Democrats, a centre-left group, were projected...