Death toll rises to six in Australian severe floods

The death toll from heavy rains that inundated Australia's east coast has climbed to six, as flood warnings continued on Sunday following a deluge that cut power to thousands of homes and isolated numerous communities.

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Migrant tide still flowing

Ships rescued 3,690 migrants from smugglers' boats in just one day on the Mediterranean Sea off the Libyan coast, the Italian Coast Guard said on Sunday, after more than 3,400 were helped on Sunday.

Kidnap victims arrive at camp

Their faces were gaunt, their hair tinted orange, their stomachs distended, all signs of malnutrition. They looked ragged, lost, shattered. But the girls were alive and free.

Protesters jubilant as 6 officers charged

Protesters in Baltimore erupted in celebration and hundreds of people broke the city's curfew, a day after six police officers were charged in the death of a black man in their custody.

Why sex isn't key to a happy marriage

A year or so ago, I was wandering round the V&A when I found a little side gallery I'd never visited before.

The truth about wearing 'sexy' male fragrances: It works

Last week, a bunch of men in white coats finally proved what a bunch of men dressed like Don Draper have been trying to tell us (or rather sell us) for years - that wearing fragrance can make you irresistible to women.

Full speed ahead for China's rail system

Now that China has built the world's largest high-speed rail network, which by last year included 16,000 kilometers of rail connecting 160 cities on the mainland, it wants to leverage its experience and technological expertise to establish a new export industry

Prisoners' executions defended

Indonesia staunchly defended on Wednesday its execution of seven foreigners as a vital front of its "war" on drugs as testimony emerged of how they went singing to their deaths.

Curfew quells worst of violence

A nighttime curfew on Tuesday restored a semblance of order to badly scarred Baltimore a day after riots dragged it into the national debate over how US police treat young black men.

Missing buses spark clash with riot police

Nepalese riot police were sent in on Wednesday to quell crowds of earthquake survivors angered when buses promised by the government failed to materialize.

First woman takes off as pilot despite threatening calls and letters

With a hint of swagger, Afghanistan's first female pilot since the fall of the Taliban is defying death threats to infiltrate a male preserve.