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Nepal death toll climbs towards 2,000 as world responds to earthquake
Nepal earthquake: death toll approaches 2,000 as rescue attempts continue – rolling report
Islamic State plot claims in California: US official denies reports
Why my part as the coward father was so hated, by Force Majeure star
Google executive Dan Fredinburg among victims of Everest avalanche
Bali Nine: Julie Bishop again puts case for clemency to Indonesian counterpart
As a German, I’m amazed at this election. You obsess over selfies but ignore big issues like Europe
Everest rescuers battle snow to fly out those injured in avalanche
Baltimore protesters pelt police as demonstrations turn violent – video
Baltimore Freddie Gray protests turn violent as police and crowds clash
Barack Obama lands the zingers at White House correspondents' dinner
June Sarpong and Mark Florman’s campaigning friendship
Nepal earthquake: more than 200 Australians confirmed safe
Australian drug smugglers see family as 72-hour execution clock ticks down
Google's Dan Fredinburg was 'charismatic and always the centre of attention'
Crisis, what crisis? Britain's richest double their wealth in 10 years
Migrant boat crisis: the story of the Greek hero on the beach
Russian hackers read unclassified Obama emails – report
Nepal quake kills more than 1,800 and spreads terror on Everest
Bali Nine: timeline of the convicted Australian drug smugglers' story

Nepal death toll climbs towards 2,000 as world responds to earthquake

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 01:19 AM PDT

Officials say more than 700 died in Kathmandu alone, and at least 17 killed by an avalanche on Mount Everest's base camp

Nepal earthquake: death toll approaches 2,000 as rescue attempts continue – rolling report

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 01:06 AM PDT

Rolling coverage of developments in Himalayan nation after 7.8 magnitude quake near Kathmandu

Islamic State plot claims in California: US official denies reports

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 01:03 AM PDT

Official insists there is no threat after CNN reports that officers were investigating following communications intercepts

Why my part as the coward father was so hated, by Force Majeure star

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 01:00 AM PDT

Johannes Bah Kuhnke explains how the film approaches masculinity Continue reading...

Google executive Dan Fredinburg among victims of Everest avalanche

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 12:42 AM PDT

Head of privacy for Google X, the company's highly secretive innovations lab, was among more than a dozen people confirmed killed

Bali Nine: Julie Bishop again puts case for clemency to Indonesian counterpart

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 12:41 AM PDT

The foreign affairs minister spoke to Retno Marsudi on Sunday and told him legal challenges should be allowed to be heard before men are executed

As a German, I’m amazed at this election. You obsess over selfies but ignore big issues like Europe

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 12:30 AM PDT

From a German point of view, the debate in the UK appears to be crushingly parochial. Why does nobody speak about the big topics: Britain's relation to the EU, the US, Vladimir Putin's Russia?

Everest rescuers battle snow to fly out those injured in avalanche

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 12:27 AM PDT

Mountain rescue helicopters braved poor weather to reach Everest base camp on Sunday morning to ferry out badly injured survivors as the death toll rose to 17

Baltimore protesters pelt police as demonstrations turn violent – video

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 11:20 PM PDT

Rage over death of Freddie Gray in police custody boils over into confrontations between people on the streets and police, with officers bombarded with projectiles and a number of arrests made Continue reading...

Baltimore Freddie Gray protests turn violent as police and crowds clash

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 10:35 PM PDT

Arrests made outside Orioles baseball stadium on further day of protest
Freddie Gray, 25, died on 12 April after being taken into police custody

Police backtrack over possible explanation for death

Barack Obama lands the zingers at White House correspondents' dinner

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 10:25 PM PDT

The president tells diners at the fundraiser he's bringing a new attitude to the final quarter of his presidency, and it rhymes with bucket

June Sarpong and Mark Florman’s campaigning friendship

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 10:00 PM PDT

She supports Labour and he's a Tory, but TV presenter June Sarpong and businessman Mark Florman are firm friends with a shared passion for international development

Nepal earthquake: more than 200 Australians confirmed safe

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 09:00 PM PDT

Families, officials and aid agencies in countries including Britain, Australia and the US launch hunt for information about citizens

Australian drug smugglers see family as 72-hour execution clock ticks down

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 08:42 PM PDT

Families visit as Indonesian prosecutors insist there will be no reprieve for Bali Nine gang members Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan

Google's Dan Fredinburg was 'charismatic and always the centre of attention'

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 05:52 PM PDT

He was 'a teller of tall tales, a dedicated Instagrammer, a serial entrepreneur', says Carole Cadwalladr who trekked in to the Everest base camp with him

Crisis, what crisis? Britain's richest double their wealth in 10 years

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 04:49 PM PDT

The 1,000 wealthiest people in the UK are now worth £547bn, not counting what's in their bank accounts, according to the latest Sunday Times Rich List

Migrant boat crisis: the story of the Greek hero on the beach

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 04:43 PM PDT

One compelling image has come to represent all the Greek people who treated desperate migrants like fellow human beings

It was an image that came to symbolise desperation and valour: the desperation of those who will take on the sea – and the men who ferry human cargo across it – to flee the ills that cannot keep them in their own countries. And the valour of those on Europe's southern shores who rush to save them when tragedy strikes.

Last week on the island of Rhodes, war, repression, dictatorship in distant Eritrea were far from the mind of army sergeant Antonis Deligiorgis. The world inhabited by Wegasi Nebiat, a 24-year-old Eritrean in the cabin of a yacht sailing towards the isle, was still far away.

The boat disintegrated in a matter of minutes. It was as if it was made of paper

I've never seen anything like it, the terror that can haunt a human's eyes.

Russian hackers read unclassified Obama emails – report

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 04:26 PM PDT

Breach of White House systems was acknowledged earlier this month
New York Times says hack 'far more worrisome' than had been thought

Nepal quake kills more than 1,800 and spreads terror on Everest

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 04:24 PM PDT

Hundreds die in Kathmandu rubble, while avalanches on Everest trap tourists and climbers

More than 1,800 people were killed by a powerful earthquake that struck Nepal on Saturday. The earthquake – which measured 7.8 on the Richter scale – wrecked houses, levelled centuries-old temples and triggered avalanches on Mount Everest. At least 18 people were killed on the mountain, and hundreds of tourists and guides are now trapped or buried in snow and ice there as rescue parties struggle to reach them.

One climber, Alex Gavan, tweeted that he had to run for his life after an avalanche struck Everest's base camp and reported that many had died and many more were badly injured. He appealed for urgent help to save those hurt. Mohan Krishna Sapkota, a government official, also appealed for help for Nepal. "We are facing a tremendous crisis here and it is hard to even assess what the death toll and the extent of damage could be," he said.

Bali Nine: timeline of the convicted Australian drug smugglers' story

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 04:12 PM PDT

A 10-year timeline of events since April 2005, when the Australian Federal Police first tipped off their Indonesian counterparts about a smuggling attempt