Police station attacker 'lived in refugee shelter'

German police on Saturday raided an asylum seeker shelter where they said the man who sought to attack a Paris police station on Thursday had lived.

Govt ups security in wake of twin attacks

Armed men shot dead a police officer and a soldier in their car on the outskirts of Cairo on Saturday, Egypt's state news agency said, a day after suspected militants armed with knives wounded three European tourists in a Red Sea resort.

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Two people have died and more than a hundred homes have been destroyed in a huge bushfire, Australian authorities said on Sunday, as firefighters battled to tame the blaze.

Move to strip Cosby of Medal of Freedom

Congressman wants to take highest US civilian honor from comic accused of rape

Dinosaurs put best foot forward for mating

Scientists say they've discovered evidence of a frenzied mating ritual by dinosaurs: long grooves in the ground etched by the pawing of clawed feet.

Muslims fear attack backlash

Plea for full facts of mass assaults on women in Cologne over New Year's Eve to be established

Siege leader in Oregon rejects safe passage offer

The leader of a group of armed protesters occupying the headquarters of a federal wildlife refuge in southeastern Oregon met briefly with a local sheriff on Thursday but rejected the lawman's offer of safe passage out of the state to end the standoff.

Saudi-led alliance and Yemen deny Iran embassy hit

The Saudi-led coalition and Yemen's foreign ministry denied Iran's accusation that Saudi warplanes had hit its embassy in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa.

Errant US missile turns up in Havana

A US Hellfire missile has turned up in Cuba after going missing in a fiasco that has left US officials worried the technology may be shared with other countries, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

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End of the road for hoverboards in colleges

One of the holiday's hottest presents is now considered contraband at many US colleges.

Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas amid tight security

Egypt's Orthodox Christians flocked to churches on Wednesday to attend Masses on Christmas Eve across the predominantly Muslim country, as the government continues to battle a burgeoning Islamic insurgency.