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Maldives court jails ex-defence minister for 10 years in sequel to Nasheed case
War artist and filmmaker George Gittoes wins Sydney peace prize
Offshore oil drilling faces tougher rules from Washington – report
Koh Samui car bomb: seven people hurt on Thai tourist island
Barack Obama and Raúl Castro shake hands – video
Barack Obama and Raúl Castro's handshake captured by cameras
Rand Paul full Guardian Periscope interview – video
Stephanie Scott: body found by police searching for missing teacher
Stark differences as Obama and Maduro head for Panama encounter
Julie Bishop to lobby Iran to accept forcibly returned asylum seekers – report
Disney transforms animated classics into live-action films
BuzzFeed denies deleting critical articles to appease advertisers
Calls for investigation of Kinshasa mass grave said to contain hundreds of babies
Christopher Morris in Ecuador as Mount Tungurahua erupts, 2014
Hikers stranded on Alaska glacier for five days finally rescued
SeaWorld lawsuit alleges orcas are drugged and confined in 'chemical tubs'
Pentagon: 2001 terror law can change if Congress approves action against Isis
Pope Francis's trip to South American countries set for early July
Justin Bieber issued arrest warrant from Argentina for 2013 nightclub incident
Rand Paul ends Q&A when pressed on GOP voters' views on race and policing

Maldives court jails ex-defence minister for 10 years in sequel to Nasheed case

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 11:24 PM PDT

Conviction of Tholath Ibrahim on charges of detaining senior judge follows sentencing of ex-president to 13 years in widely criticised prosecution

War artist and filmmaker George Gittoes wins Sydney peace prize

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 11:01 PM PDT

Australian activist and artist recognised 'for his courage to witness and confront violence in the war zones of the world'

Offshore oil drilling faces tougher rules from Washington – report

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 10:47 PM PDT

Obama administration said to be preparing announcement about blowout preventers – the type of device that failed in Deepwater Horizon disaster

Koh Samui car bomb: seven people hurt on Thai tourist island

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 09:57 PM PDT

Pick-up truck explodes in carpark of shopping mall, leaving an Italian girl and six Thais with injuries, say police

Barack Obama and Raúl Castro shake hands – video

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 08:43 PM PDT

At the Summit of the Americas in Panama City, the US president and his Cuban counterpart are captured in an informal and cordial exchange, including a much-anticipated handshake, during their first encounter since announcing moves to normalise relations. Continue reading...

Barack Obama and Raúl Castro's handshake captured by cameras

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 07:51 PM PDT

Presidents of US and Cuba shake hands in brief but historic and apparently cordial greeting at Summit of the Americas in Panama

Rand Paul full Guardian Periscope interview – video

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 07:24 PM PDT

In an interview on the new smartphone app Periscope, the Republican presidential candidate discusses Hillary Clinton's Benghazi controversy, as well as his pending legislation that would seek reform for incidents such as the shocking police killing of a man in South Carolina last week. And then, pressed for details on Republican poll numbers, the Kentucky senator abruptly ends the interview by walking off the set. Continue reading...

Stephanie Scott: body found by police searching for missing teacher

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 07:15 PM PDT

Police continue to search area where burned remains were found in Cocoparra national park as family waits for formal identification

Stark differences as Obama and Maduro head for Panama encounter

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 06:11 PM PDT

Leaders voice contrasting views of US's role in Latin America as Maduro criticises Washington for 'imperialist interference'

Barack Obama acknowledged the US could no longer "meddle with impunity" in the affairs of its Latin American neighbours on Friday as he and his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolás Maduro, provided two starkly contrasting views of the US role in region.

As the two antagonistic presidents prepared to meet face to face at the Summit of the Americas, they used preliminary events in the host nation Panama to project their differing perspectives.

Julie Bishop to lobby Iran to accept forcibly returned asylum seekers – report

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 04:59 PM PDT

Australia's foreign minister will reportedly try to persuade Iran to take back hundreds people who have been denied refugee status when she visits Tehran

Disney transforms animated classics into live-action films

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 04:48 PM PDT

Remakes announced including Pinocchio, Mulan, Beauty and the Beast and an Alice in Wonderland sequel as Hollywood tries to avoid risk

BuzzFeed denies deleting critical articles to appease advertisers

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 04:29 PM PDT

Editor-in-chief Ben Smith apologises to staff for 'acting without respect to our standards or process' after critics say news site acted in commercial interests

Calls for investigation of Kinshasa mass grave said to contain hundreds of babies

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 04:28 PM PDT

Democratic Republic of the Congo authorities move to dispel rumours that government opponents could also be buried in common grave in Maluku

Christopher Morris in Ecuador as Mount Tungurahua erupts, 2014

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 04:13 PM PDT

'I flipped between thinking, "This is so cool" and "Are we in danger?"' Continue reading...

Hikers stranded on Alaska glacier for five days finally rescued

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 03:26 PM PDT

Initial rescue missions scuttled by dangerous weather and near-zero visibility
Three hikers suffered minor frostbite injuries

Three hikers stranded since the weekend on a glacier near Anchorage were rescued on Friday morning by the Alaska air national guard, military officials said.

All three were transported to an Anchorage hospital with minor frostbite injuries, according to an national guard statement.

SeaWorld lawsuit alleges orcas are drugged and confined in 'chemical tubs'

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 02:47 PM PDT

Lawsuit is second in three weeks to attack marine park for abusive treatment of killer whales and demands reimbursement for all visitors in the last four years

A new class action lawsuit has been filed against SeaWorld in Florida accusing the marine park of keeping its performing killer whales drugged and suffering from sunburn in tanks that are the equivalent of "chemical bathtubs", leading to early death for the intelligent mammals.

South Carolina grandmother Joyce Kuhl is suing the SeaWorld center in Orlando for her money back following her visit in 2013 – and for ticket money also to be reimbursed to millions of other visitors – via a federal class action lawsuit that could cost the park billions of dollars, according to the Orlando Sentinel.

Pentagon: 2001 terror law can change if Congress approves action against Isis

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 02:24 PM PDT

Top lawyer signals Obama administration flexibility on 2001 Authorization to Use Military Force against al-Qaida, central to current war on the Islamic State

Pope Francis's trip to South American countries set for early July

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 01:43 PM PDT

Trip to Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay will run 6-12 July
Pontiff will spend only six hours in La Paz due to high altitude

Justin Bieber issued arrest warrant from Argentina for 2013 nightclub incident

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 01:07 PM PDT

Pop singer ignored summons related to alleged attack on photographer
If convicted, Bieber could serve one month to six years in prison

An Argentine judge has issued an arrest warrant for Justin Bieber, saying the singer failed to respond to summons related to a 2013 incident in Buenos Aires.

In a resolution released Friday, Judge Alberto Julio Banos ordered the "immediate detention" of Bieber and bodyguards Hugo Alcides Hesny and Terrence Reche Smalls.

Rand Paul ends Q&A when pressed on GOP voters' views on race and policing

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 12:42 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate walks out of Guardian interview in third testy exchange with media this week as rocky start to campaign continues

The Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul walked out of a live interview with the Guardian on Friday, in his third testy exchange with a journalist since launching his campaign for president three days ago.

The Kentucky senator abruptly ended the interview when he was pressed over whether his campaign focus on the racial imbalances of criminal justice reform would win him support among Republicans.

We didn't turn the lights off and neither did my staff. CNN producers did. It was time for my interview with @DanaBashCNN - Team Rand

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