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Caracas mayor jailed over alleged coup plot could be released for surgery
World malaria day – quiz
Anzac Day 2015: centenary of Gallipoli landings - as it happened
Nepal hit by powerful 7.9 magnitude earthquake
Gallipoli centenary: Anzac Day services held from New Zealand to London
Sabeen Mehmud, Pakistani women's rights activist, shot dead
Man arrested for landing drone on Shinzo Abe's office in nuclear protest
Unreported World review – a family reunion with Krishnan Guru-Murthy
Anzac commemorations in Australia and Gallipoli – in pictures
Pair charged over cocaine trafficking syndicate linked to rugby league players
'We've done them proud': huge Anzac Day turnout at Australian War Memorial
Freddie Gray police backtrack over possible explanation for death
Australian officials called to meeting about Bali Nine pair's execution
Palestinian man killed in incident at Jerusalem checkpoint
Woman who hit Venezuelan president with mango rewarded with house
Gallipoli centenary marked with feelings of sadness and pride
Two years after Rana Plaza, have conditions improved in Bangladesh’s factories?
Calbuco eruption: locals advised to evacuate
Family of Mexican teen shot dead across border can't sue US agent, court rules
Tower of London poppies shortlisted for museum of the year award

Caracas mayor jailed over alleged coup plot could be released for surgery

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 01:19 AM PDT

Antonio Ledezma, who is charged with allegedly planning to oust Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, may be placed under house arrest

The mayor of Caracas, who was arrested on suspicion of plotting a coup against the Venezuelan government, may be released from prison and put under house arrest for health reasons.

The public prosecutor's office announced on Friday that Antonio Ledezma would be allowed to undergo surgery for a hernia and recuperate.

World malaria day – quiz

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 01:00 AM PDT

Half the world's population is at risk from malaria, but how much do you know about the disease? Bite back and test your knowledge with these questions, set by Malaria No More Continue reading...

Anzac Day 2015: centenary of Gallipoli landings - as it happened

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 12:49 AM PDT

Record numbers have turned out for Anzac Day dawn services across Australia and New Zealand, 100 years since the ill-fated military campaign at Gallipoli.

Nepal hit by powerful 7.9 magnitude earthquake

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 12:34 AM PDT

Worst tremor in Himalayan nation in more than 80 years brings down buildings and is felt in India and Pakistan, according to early reports

A powerful magnitude-7.9 earthquake hit near Nepal's capital of Kathmandu before noon on Saturday, causing extensive damage with toppled walls and collapsed buildings, officials said.

Nepal's information minister, Minendra Rijal, told India's NDTV station that there are reports of damage in and around Kathmandu but no immediate word on casualties. He said rescue teams were on the scene.

Gallipoli centenary: Anzac Day services held from New Zealand to London

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 11:43 PM PDT

Thousands of Australians and New Zealanders in Turkey commemorate the day troops surged ashore as anniversary events follow the dawn across the world

More than 10,000 Australians and New Zealanders have stood together on the shores of the Gallipoli peninsula at a formal ceremony to honour the Anzac troops who fought and fell in Turkey a century ago.

Sabeen Mehmud, Pakistani women's rights activist, shot dead

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 11:14 PM PDT

Country's prime minister condemns killing of campaigner after forum about disappearances of nationalists in Baluchistan region

Man arrested for landing drone on Shinzo Abe's office in nuclear protest

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 11:12 PM PDT

Yasuo Yamamoto charged over landing of drone with tiny amount of radiation in apparent protest against use of nuclear power after Fukushima disaster

Unreported World review – a family reunion with Krishnan Guru-Murthy

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 11:00 PM PDT

There isn't a dry eye in the house – or at least my house – as Bo and Hong embrace in a studio 40 years after being separated by the Khmer Rouge Continue reading...

Anzac commemorations in Australia and Gallipoli – in pictures

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 10:53 PM PDT

25 April marks the centenary of the landing of Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (Anzac) troops at Gallipoli in what is today Turkey during the first world war. Also called the Great War, according to official statistics it cost more than 37 million military and civilian casualties between 1914 and 1918. Record numbers turned out to mark the centenary.

Pair charged over cocaine trafficking syndicate linked to rugby league players

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 09:09 PM PDT

Gold Coast pair charged with drug possession in same investigation that led to charges for Queensland Reds' Karmichael Hunt and several rugby league players

'We've done them proud': huge Anzac Day turnout at Australian War Memorial

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 06:54 PM PDT

Crowd of 120,000 people – more than double the expected number – gathers in Canberra to commemorate 100th anniversary of Gallipoli landing

Freddie Gray police backtrack over possible explanation for death

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 04:57 PM PDT

Police chief suggests investigators are concentrating on a specific event after Gray's arrest but before collection by ambulance

Australian officials called to meeting about Bali Nine pair's execution

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 04:49 PM PDT

Meeting in Cilacap, town close to where Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran are being held, signals beginning of 'execution process', Indonesian officials say

Palestinian man killed in incident at Jerusalem checkpoint

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 04:32 PM PDT

Man who was wielding two knives shot dead by Israeli troops

Woman who hit Venezuelan president with mango rewarded with house

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 04:10 PM PDT

Marleny Olivo scrawled a note on the fruit and hurled it at the head of the passing Nicolás Maduro – and has now been promised a place to live

A woman who hit President Nicolás Maduro on the head with a mango has been promised a new house for her troubles in a surreal tropical tale that has gone viral in Venezuela. The 52-year-old president was driving a bus through a crowd in the central state of Aragua last weekend when the fruit was thrown at him.

"It says: 'If you can, call me,'" said Maduro, who once drove a bus for a living, as he displayed the fruit on television. A scrawled message was visible. "Marleny Olivo had a problem with her house. [Officials] called her. She was scared. She couldn't believe it was true … I've approved an apartment for you, Marleny, as part of the Grand Venezuelan Housing Mission." He also promised that he would eat the mango.

Gallipoli centenary marked with feelings of sadness and pride

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 03:51 PM PDT

Thousands of Australians and New Zealanders pay their respects at scene of savage fighting in first world war

As dawn rose over Gallipoli 100 years ago, Cyril Batchelor of the 12th Battalion AIF was on the number two boat in to North Beach, later to be known as Anzac Cove.

Two years after Rana Plaza, have conditions improved in Bangladesh’s factories?

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 03:41 PM PDT

The Rana Plaza collapse brought the world's attention to worker safety issues and the human costs of cheap, fast fashion, resulting in some reforms to Bangladesh's garment industry – but more work remains

Calbuco eruption: locals advised to evacuate

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 03:20 PM PDT

Mud flows of potentially devastating volcanic debris in nearby river prompt warnings to 2,000 Chileans living nearby