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Pope’s record on paedophile priests tarnishes three-year report card

Many words, little action: three years after Pope Francis's election, victims of priest sex abuse are bitter and disappointed, accusing the Church of having failed to punish guilty clerics and...

Australia to cancel visas of foreign bikie gangs

Australia today announced a crackdown on bikie gangs Australia, with the Immigration Department warning foreign nationals they could be deported if found to be a part of Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs...

Colombia dismantles international money laundering network

Colombia dismantled an international money laundering network Thursday with the arrest of 13 suspects, including five flight attendants, prosecutors said. "Among the 13 arrested people are five...

US argues for ‘modest’ Apple help in attacks probe

Forcing Apple to help unlock an iPhone is a "modest" demand which may turn up vital evidence in a terrorist attack, the US government argued yesterday, upping the ante in its legal standoff with...

Egypt diplomat Abul Gheit named Arab League head

Veteran Egyptian diplomat Ahmed Abul Gheit was named the Arab League's new secretary-general, at a time when the regional body faces multiple wars and a widening jihadist threat. In a sign of...

Irish parliament fails to nominate PM, Kenny resigns

Ireland's outgoing prime minister Enda Kenny resigned yesterday after losing a parliamentary vote to be renamed to his post, following an inconclusive general election in the eurozone nation last...

Obama welcomes ‘quite good-looking’ Trudeau to White House

Barack Obama welcomed Canada's youthful Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's "quite good looking Canadian delegation" to the White House, for a pomp-filled visit designed to rejuvenate US-Canada...

Iran MP sued over ‘no donkeys, no women in parliament’ rant

Iranian women deputies are suing a conservative male colleague, Nader Ghazipour, after he declared in a video that parliament was no place for "donkeys and women". Ghazipour's comments during...

Jong Un orders further nuclear tests

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has ordered further nuclear tests, using the miniaturised warheads he claims his scientists have developed, state media reported today. While overseeing a...

Obama rejects blame for Trump’s rise

President Barack Obama yesterday bristled at suggestions that he had contributed to the partisanship that has given rise to Donald Trump, saying he was not responsible for the Republican party's...

Manhunt underway in Pittsburgh-area execution-style murders

Pennsylvania police were seeking two men suspected of ambushing partygoers at a backyard barbecue near Pittsburgh the previous night, killing five people, including a pregnant woman, and wounding...

Merkel risks bruising in crunch German votes

Isolated in Europe, Chancellor Angela Merkel faces a big test at home on Sunday when three German states vote in elections that risk eroding her base and undermining the migrant policy on which...

Inconsistencies in leaked Isis files sound alarm bells, say analysts

Analysts on Thursday cast doubt on the authenticity of thousands of documents reportedly leaked from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis) jihadist group, pointing out mistakes and...

EU ministers worry about draft deal with Turkey

EU ministers raised doubts Thursday about the morality of a deal their governments are negotiating with Turkey to curb migrant flows to Europe as Ankara faces criticism on human...

Police search for shooters, motive in Pittsburgh shooting

Police were looking for two shooters and a motive on Thursday after a backyard party ambush near Pittsburgh killed at least five people and injured three others. Four women and one man were...

MERS virus kills Qatari, 1st case in 10 months

A 66-year-old Qatari man has died after contracting the MERS virus, in the first fatal case in the Gulf state for 10 months, health officials announced Thursday. The public health ministry,...

Ban on sexy music video raises gay rights campaign profile in Kenya

Kenya's first gay music video – swiftly banned by the country's film board – shows a well-toned young man, naked apart from his underpants, leaning over his tattooed male lover in bed. Two...

Global volatility shaking up living costs, survey says Singapore most expensive

Yo-yoing currencies, spiralling inflation and plunging commodity costs are shaking up the rankings of the world's most expensive cities, an annual survey said Thursday, with Tokyo sliding and...

Residents of Iraqi town protest after Isis chemical attack

Hundreds of protesters blocked Iraq's main highway Thursday to demand strikes against a town from which the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis) group launched a chemical attack. Seventeen...

Threats as Bangladesh mulls scrapping Islam as state religion

Hardline Islamist groups in Bangladesh on Thursday threatened large-scale protests if a court moves to scrap Islam as the official state religion of the Muslim-majority nation. Bangladesh is...