Obama gives Putin death stare
PRESIDENT Obama shared a tense exchange with Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in China as the two failed to agree over a ceasefire in Syria.
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Dispute that could spark World War III
MOST Australians have never even heard of this patch of water, but powerful nations are in a tense face off over it.
Barack Obama called ‘son of a wh*re’
MOST national leaders wouldn’t dare insult the US President, let alone with such foul language. This guy didn’t care.
Korea’s bizarre, boozy underbelly
IT’S a boozy, narcissistic country that would make even a Kardashian blush. This is what it’s really like to work in South Korea.
N Korea’s war games with new missiles
NORTH Korea has fired three ballistic missiles in the latest show of force as it warns that a deadly game of cat and mouse could lead to a nuclear war.
Obama meets Putin in private talks
US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin are meeting privately at the G20 summit, as tensions brew between Australia and China.
Wife strips hubby’s mistress in public
THIS is the dramatic moment a furious wife set upon her husband’s mistress after she found out the pair were having an affair. WARNING: Graphic content.
Strong earthquake hits the Philippines
A STRONG earthquake shook parts of the southern Philippines on Sunday, briefly panicking residents, the government volcanology office said.
Obama’s rocky welcome to China
HE may have just signed the Paris climate change agreement with China, but Barack Obama’s visit to the Asian nation didn’t get off to the best start.
Saintsational! Mother Teresa’s day arrives
AS the Vatican prepares to declare Mother Teresa a saint, the city that witnessed her many good deeds celebrates her canonisation.
China boasts of new ‘super bomber’
BEIJING says it’s building a new type of strategic bomber to ‘significantly increase’ the nation’s long-range strike capability.
IS blamed for Philippines bombing
ISLAMIC militants have been accused of bombing a night market in the Philippines, killing at least 14 people.
Uzbekistan’s veteran dictator dead
UZBEKISTAN’S president has died after 27 years in power, six days after he was taken to hospital with a suspected brain haemorrhage.
What can a tyrant teach us about Trump?
RODRIGO Duterte promised a “bloodbath” among drug dealers if he was elected Philippines president. That raises questions about the other big-mouthed bullyboy of politics.
Bali murder: lovers to meet again
SARA Connor and her British boyfriend will today be brought together to go through the differences in their versions of the night a Bali police officer was murdered.
Man missing since 2004 ‘in North Korea’
A STUDENT who was presumed dead after going missing in China in 2004 has reportedly turned up in North Korea – acting as Kim Jong-un’s tutor.
‘Child predator’ headed to Oz busted
AN INTERNATIONAL manhunt has led to the capture of an alleged American child predator just before he boarded a flight to Australia.
North Korea executes official for slouching
NORTH Korea executed a high-ranking official after he “acted with disrespect” during a meeting with Kim Jong-un in the secretive state’s latest purge.
Embracing the reality of a fatal attack
FOR three hours, Sara Connor and David Taylor were the star actors in a police drama played out on the beach, as the media and tourists watched.
Kim ‘executes official for sleeping’
TYRANT Kim Jong-un has reportedly blown to bits one of North Korea’s top officials with an anti-aircraft gun after he dozed off in a meeting.
Catastrophic typhoon kills 10 people in Japan
A CATASTROPHIC typhoon has killed at least 10 people in northern Japan, after the powerful tropical cyclone pounded the region.
Wife of China’s ripper can’t accept it
HE IS accused of raping and murdering 11 women and girls, but the wife of the man dubbed China’s worst serial killer says she has no idea how he did it.
The most feared man in China
FOR 14 years, a serial killer hunted women in red. His actions after he caught them made him China’s most feared man.
‘China’s rise no longer peaceful’
CONCERNED about China’s rise to power? According to this key figure, the superpower’s demand for dominance is anything but friendly.
Bali murder: Accused to re-enact events
FOR the first time since their arrest, Sara Connor and David Taylor will face each other at the scene where a Bali police officer is alleged to have been killed.
Tourists told not to wear skirts in India
LADY Diana did it. So did Kate Middleton. But now India’s tourism minister has advised female tourists not to wear skirts when visiting his country.
Sara Connor’s tearful meeting with ex
AUSSIE mum Sara Connor has had her first meeting with her ex-husband at Denpasar police station since she was detained as a suspect on murder charges.
IS bomber hacks priest in church
A WOULD-BE bomber, reportedly carrying an IS flag, hacked a priest with an axe after his explosives failed to detonate in a packed church in Indonesia.
Connor accused of burning evidence
BALI police have alleged that Australian mother-of-two Sara Connor burned the personal items belonging to the officer who was found dead on Kuta Beach.
Mother Teresa to be sainted by Pope
SHE was one of the Twentieth Century’s most iconic figures. Now Mother Teresa will officially be made a Catholic saint by Pope Francis on September 4.
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