Thursday May 17 12:39 AEST
AFP | 1 hours 3 mins agoThe Arab-speaking media was in a quandary after the appointment of Jean-Marc Ayrault as France's new prime minster on Tuesday -- about how to mention the head of the French government without causing offense.
Thursday May 17 11:17 AEST
2 hours 25 mins agoA Zimbabwean politician is facing criminal charges after allegedly getting into a car on display at a motor show and driving off in it.
Thursday May 17 11:00 AEST
Fiona Willan, ninemsn | 2 hours 43 mins agoA massive beehive reportedly brought traffic on a New York street to a virtual standstill yesterday as police called in a beekeeper to remove it.
Thursday May 17 10:41 AEST
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| 3 hours 2 mins agoThe trial of John Edwards has ended on an anticlimax, with the former US presidential candidate and his former mistress not called to the stand.
Thursday May 17 09:46 AEST
3 hours 56 mins agoMary Kennedy, the 52-year-old estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr, has been found dead at her home in Bedford, New York, US media reports said Wednesday.
Thursday May 17 09:42 AEST
4 hours 0 mins agoA Srebrenica widow says former general Ratko Mladic made a "throat-slitting" gesture at her in the court where he is on trial for genocide and war crimes.
Thursday May 17 07:53 AEST
5 hours 50 mins agoNone of the 22 film directors competing for the most prestigious prize at the Cannes Film Festival are women, prompting criticism.
Thursday May 17 06:30 AEST
Nick Pearson, ninemsn | 7 hours 13 mins agoGaffe-prone Prince Philip stunned fans at a public greeting by making a a lewd remark about a 25-year-old woman's dress.
Thursday May 17 06:00 AEST
Nick Pearson, ninemsn | 7 hours 43 mins agoA California woman has taken a two-month-old puppy into her home after seeing it being dropped from the sky by a hawk.
Thursday May 17 04:29 AEST
9 hours 13 mins agoArmed men have attacked a town in western Libya, killing eight people and injuring five.
Thursday May 17 01:53 AEST
11 hours 49 mins agoFifteen civilians executed by regime troops are among at least 32 people killed in Syria.
Thursday May 17 01:15 AEST
12 hours 27 mins agoAt least 29 al-Qaeda militants have been killed in a Yemeni army offensive in southern Yemen, undertaken with guidance from US troops.
Wednesday May 16 21:44 AEST
16 May 2012Survivors of mass killer Anders Behring Breivik's shooting rampage found safety under bodies in pools of blood, an Oslo court has been told.
Wednesday May 16 21:01 AEST
Mike Corder | 16 May 2012Former Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic has gone on trial at The Hague, charged with genocide against Muslims and Croats.