A Swedish co-founder of file-sharing website The Pirate Bay has gone on trial, charged with hacking…

The penalty phase of the Jodi Arias murder trial wrapped up for the day today after a series of legal arguments in which…

1. Jodi Arias trial: Death penalty approval

A New Zealand engineer has found himself at the centre of media attention in Australia after it emerged he is engaged to…

A manager of Chicago's Navy Pier rode the tourist spot's Ferris wheel for more than two days - 384 times, up and around…

1. 5-year-old Australian boy critical after fall from ferris wheel

A monstrous tornado roared through Oklahoma City suburbs, destroying an elementary school as children…

1. video Raw: Time-lapse of killer tornado (1:36)

The rare and tiny island fox is on the verge of making a comeback from near-extinction on Santa Cruz Island, the largest…

Cardinal Sean O'Malley skipped Boston College's commencement today because of the involvement of Irish Prime Minister Enda…

Tornadoes ravaged parts of Oklahoma yesterday, reducing portions of a mobile home park to rubble and killing a 79-year-old…

1. video Raw: Tornadoes spotted in Kansas (1:18)

It was a bigger-than-average tree rescue for firefighters in Colorado Springs. They had to use a ladder truck to reach…

1. video Raw: Bear falls from tree (1:50)

Prime Minister Julia Gillard is coming under renewed pressure to ease the wave of draconian powers handed…

1. Rescuer of Jews becomes honorary Aussie citizen

Two United States holidaymakers found themselves a long way from their intended destination after an airline confused two…

1. Airlines warn a rise in air fares is likely with increased levies

Pakistan's presumptive prime minister called for peace talks with Taliban militants at war with the government today, potentially…

1. Pakistan politician shot dead

Preschools and childcare centres in New South Wales may be given the legal right to refuse to enrol children who have not…

1. Aus-NZ action plan targets foot and mouth threat

A spate of attacks on gay men in New York, including a killing in the heart of one of its most gay-friendly neighbourhoods…

A mile-wide tornado churned through the Oklahoma City suburbs, destroying homes for the second day in…

The day after tornadoes killed two people in Oklahoma, a new tornado was spotted on the ground in Newcastle.

Amateur video captured the raw power of funnel clouds on Sunday in central Oklahoma. Several tornadoes struck parts of the…

Jabhat al-Nusra, the much-feared militant jihadist group that has taken control of large rebel-held areas of northern Syria…

1. video France taking Al-Qaeda in North Africa threat 'seriously' (1:36)

When Rush Limbaugh called Sandra Fluke a "slut", he probably thought it was just another incendiary remark: the latest in…

Oklahoma is being battered by a series of storms and tornadoes, one of which is thought to be 1.6-kilometres…

1. video Raw: Storm chasers catch deadly Texas twisters (0:59)

As a former Prime Minister and a man very firm in his views, Jim Bolger has always been a bit stroppy, writes Audrey Young…

1. NZ ready to aid Middle East deal

Syrian troops have pushed into a rebel-held town near the Lebanese border, fighting house-to-house and bombing from the…

Foreign Minister Murray McCully will tomorrow offer the US Secretary of State, John Kerry, New Zealand's assistance in the…

1. NZ should abolish its armed forces (146 comments)

Denmark won this year's Eurovision Song Contest in the Swedish city of Malmoe early Sunday with the song Only Teardrops…

1. photos Eurovision Song Contest 2013 (13 photos)