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Israel shoots down Gaza drone - live updates
Baden-Clay jurors told to acquit if 'any reasonable possibility' of innocence
Eyewitness: Berlin
Clive Palmer confirms he'll support carbon repeal the day in politics
Financial advice rule changes likely to be struck down by Senate
Removing the Costa Concordia from Giglio interactive
Police find body of snowboarder missing on Victoria's Mount Bogong
US to press Iran on nuclear capability as deadline looms
Carbon tax savings: Labor has a bone to pick with Coalition
Israel says it has shot down drone launched from Gaza
Call for NSW community relations head to be sacked over support for Israel
Bill Shorten attacks Soviet-style Direct Action on climate change video
Costa Concordia: salvage team begins operation to refloat doomed liner
Collapse of the USSR in pictures
UK policy of supporting Syrian rebels against Bashar al-Assad 'stupid'
Bashar al-Assad is west's ally against Isis extremists, says Syria
Gold Coast x-rays to be rechecked after screening failure
Senator prepares equality bill to deregulate marriage video
Azerbaijan counts human cost of architecture
Shinzo Abe targets November summit with Chinese leadership
Running of the Bulls in Pamplona leaves four injured video
Rockets and artillery fire exchanged across Lebanese-Israeli border
Here is da news: how rappers hope to switch on Vietnam's young generation
Poll shows support for immediate repeal of carbon price
David Cameron under fire as Syrian regime arms supplier visits UK airshow

Israel shoots down Gaza drone - live updates

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 01:59 AM PDT

Hamas 'claims responsibility' for drone attacks
More than 170 Palestinians killed and 1,260 injured
Rocket attacks from Gaza and Lebanon
Israeli commandos launched weekend raid
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Baden-Clay jurors told to acquit if 'any reasonable possibility' of innocence

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 01:59 AM PDT

Justice Byrne repeats advice to Brisbane supreme court jury after they asked for clarification about the use of circumstantial evidence 19 hours into deliberations

Eyewitness: Berlin

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 01:58 AM PDT

Photographs from the Guardian Eyewitness series Continue reading...

Clive Palmer confirms he'll support carbon repeal the day in politics

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 01:52 AM PDT

If at first (or second) you don't succeed try, try again. Tony Abbott crosses his fingers on carbon repeal as the Coalition's opinion poll doldrums continue. All the day's developments from Canberra

Financial advice rule changes likely to be struck down by Senate

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 01:51 AM PDT

Clive Palmer repeats that his party will not support Fofa amendments as they stand

Removing the Costa Concordia from Giglio interactive

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 12:53 AM PDT

Two and a half years after the cruise ship sank off the island of Giglio in Italy, the Costa Concordia is floating upright but is now a useless wreck waiting to be taken away for scrap

Police find body of snowboarder missing on Victoria's Mount Bogong

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 12:45 AM PDT

Daniel Kerr, 32, of Melbourne, was one of two missing snowboarders killed in an avalanche, police say

US to press Iran on nuclear capability as deadline looms

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 12:30 AM PDT

John Kerry to urge Iran to make 'critical choices' over Tehran's nuclear programme before 20 July deadline Continue reading...

Carbon tax savings: Labor has a bone to pick with Coalition

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 12:27 AM PDT

As repeal of the tax becomes imminent, Labor raises Barnaby Joyce's famous warning about $100 legs of lamb

Israel says it has shot down drone launched from Gaza

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 12:18 AM PDT

Unmanned aircraft is said to have been downed using Patriot missile near city of Ashdod on southern coast Continue reading...

Call for NSW community relations head to be sacked over support for Israel

Posted: 13 Jul 2014 10:46 PM PDT

Arab community leaders urge minister to replace Vic Alhadeff over his public backing of Israeli offensive in Gaza

Bill Shorten attacks Soviet-style Direct Action on climate change video

Posted: 13 Jul 2014 10:38 PM PDT

Labor leader Bill Shorten has attacked the federal government's Direct Action climate policy, calling it a Soviet-style system that will cost Australia dearly, while failing to achieve its goals. Shorten attacked the prime minister's 'science sledging' and accused him of appealing directly to shock jocks and internet trolls. Continue reading...

Costa Concordia: salvage team begins operation to refloat doomed liner

Posted: 13 Jul 2014 10:38 PM PDT

Biggest ever maritime salvage attempt comes more than two years after it sank off the coast of Italy

Collapse of the USSR in pictures

Posted: 13 Jul 2014 10:00 PM PDT

The last Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev initiated reforms that ultimately led to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Here are some of the key moments:

UK policy of supporting Syrian rebels against Bashar al-Assad 'stupid'

Posted: 13 Jul 2014 10:00 PM PDT

Syrian minister claims Britain should apologise for backing rebel groups, and instead work with Assad against terrorism Continue reading...

Bashar al-Assad is west's ally against Isis extremists, says Syria

Posted: 13 Jul 2014 10:00 PM PDT

Backing rebel groups in Syrian conflict has backfired on Europe, claims Syria's vice foreign minister Continue reading...

Gold Coast x-rays to be rechecked after screening failure

Posted: 13 Jul 2014 09:37 PM PDT

Radiologists to review 22,000 tests done at public hospitals as health officials launch investigation into lapse

Senator prepares equality bill to deregulate marriage video

Posted: 13 Jul 2014 09:04 PM PDT

The Liberal Democratic senator David Leyonhjelm says his party is working on a private member's bill to bring marriage equality to Australia, by 'deregulating' it. Leyonhjelm challenged Labor party members to look Senator Penny Wong in the eye and tell her that she does not deserve equal rights. He says he has the support of a number of major-party parliamentarians and says the government should not define people's relationships Continue reading...

Azerbaijan counts human cost of architecture

Posted: 13 Jul 2014 09:00 PM PDT

Baku is gaining recognition for cutting-edge architectural design, thanks in part to the recent design award for Zaha Hadid's Heydar Aliyev Center. But this urban renewal comes at a price, residents tell EurasiaNet

Shinzo Abe targets November summit with Chinese leadership

Posted: 13 Jul 2014 07:48 PM PDT

Japanese leader says he wants to sit down at the Apec meeting in Beijing despite strains over disputed islands and war shrine

Running of the Bulls in Pamplona leaves four injured video

Posted: 13 Jul 2014 07:13 PM PDT

The busiest day of Pamplona's San Fermin festival saw four people treated for concussion in the traditional chase through the town's streets. A pile-up of runners in the passage leading to the bullring left a number of participants dazed and bruised. Locals and tourists flocked to the event known as 'The Running of the Bulls', made famous by Ernest Hemingway. Continue reading...

Rockets and artillery fire exchanged across Lebanese-Israeli border

Posted: 13 Jul 2014 05:04 PM PDT

No immediate claim of responsibility or reports of casualties following third rocket attack from Lebanon since Friday Continue reading...