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Wal-Mart phasing out sales of assault weapons

The company says it's due to a lack of consumer demand and the politics surrounding gun violence.

'We need New Zealand to act'

Former PM Helen Clark says there needs to be a "a lift in ambition" among countries around the world in setting and hitting targets to combat climate change.

Aussies call for vote on monarchy

Australian campaigners are calling for a vote on breaking away from the British monarchy within five years as the country's federal Treasurer leads a renewed push for a republic.

Asylum violence 'shameful'

Angela Merkel has promised there will be "no tolerance" for violent anti-migrant protests that have gripped Germany in recent weeks.

India's PM calls for calm after riots

India's Prime Minister has appealed for calm after a rally that drew half a million members of a powerful clan resulted in a night of rioting that left three dead and dozens of buses and police stations torched.

Bryan Gould: Labour maverick's views revitalising jaded left

Bryan Gould looks at the emergence of Jeremy Corbyn as the unexpected front-runner in the contest for the leadership of the UK Labour Party.

China's devaluation a peace offering?

China's biggest currency intervention for more than two decades has jolted financial markets out of their traditional August lull.

Jeb Bush is struggling to escape his brother's shadow

Standing before a crowd under the blazing sun, Jeb Bush was more fired up, energetic, upbeat and eloquent than he had been in weeks. Then somebody in the audience asked him about Iraq.

Is bin Laden's son calling for carnage?

Al-Qaeda has released a message, purportedly from Osama bin Laden's son Hamza, calling for attacks on London and other western cities.

Editorial: Republicans must attack Trump now

No one expects 'The Donald' to be President, but his rivals might be better to go for him now before he spoils his party's chances.

Multi-choice vote looming for US

If anything's constant in American political life, it's the stable two-party system. Yet, at times of extreme political flux, this society has broken up into four parties.

Women get a voice in new Saudi Arabia

At a workshop on a summer day in Riyadh, prospective candidates in local elections are limbering up. One wants to help kids, one to improve living conditions in the Saudi capital, another to become a political role model.

Assange locked in war of words

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has again become a lightning rod for accusation and counter-accusation as Swedish prosecutors dropped three sex assault claims against him but intend to pursue a rape claim.

Arrests in Fiji over state plot

Authorities in Fiji believe a British Army veteran has been overseeing secret military training in the country's tropical hinterland as part of a plot to form a breakaway "Christian" state.

Anger fuels outsider candidates in Presidential race

American voters' craving for authenticity in political leaders is aiding hopefuls such as Ben Carson and Bernie Sanders.

Paul Thomas: Trump speaks right language to right people

Why is Donald Trump holding a commanding poll lead over his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination? Paul Thomas has some possible answers.