Killers protected by national silence
Michael Bachelard 6:39 PM In Indonesia, a million people were killed under the guise of ridding the country of communism. A new film follows Adi Rukun, whose brother was killed in one of the murderous purges.
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Thaw in relations between China, Japan
Philip Wen 6:21 PM The two Asian powers have acknowledged their different positions but agreed to resume diplomatic dialogue.
Berlin marks 25 years without the wall
Nick Miller Former political prisoner Cliewe Juritza was sitting in a bar in West Berlin when the wall came down, 25 years ago this weekend.
Haiyan survivors 'afraid of their own shadows'
Lindsay Murdoch 10:21 PM A year after one of the most powerful storms ever recorded, many Filipinos - as well as their government - are still struggling to cope.
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Scientists baffled by fish in Olympic bay
9:03 PM Experts are at a loss to explain why thousands of dead fish have begun washing up in the polluted Rio bay that will host sailing events at the 2016 Olympics.
Body of Australian woman exhumed in India
8:54 PM A 75-year-old Australian woman missing for two months in southern India was killed and three men are facing charges, police say.
Gambling on history with comet landing
8:02 PM One of the biggest gambles in space history comes to a climax this week when Europe attempts to make the first landing on a comet.
US to send more troops to Iraq as campaign expands
Missy Ryan 4:58 PM US President Barack Obama has authorised sending up to 1500 additional US troops to Iraq, roughly doubling the force the United States has built up since June to fight the Islamic State militants who control much of Iraq and Syria.
Mikhail Gorbachev attends Berlin Wall festival
3:55 PM The former reforming Soviet leader turned up to commemorate the event he set in train.
'There could have been a different outcome'
Erik Kirschbaum 3:33 PM The East German lieutenant colonel who gave the fateful order to throw open the Berlin Wall 25 years ago said he wept in silence a few moments later as hordes of euphoric East Germans swept past him into West Berlin.
Obama picks federal prosecutor Lynch for attorney-general
Aruna Viswanatha 2:38 PM US President Barack Obama will nominate Brooklyn federal prosecutor Loretta Lynch to replace the retiring Eric Holder as US attorney-general.
Myanmar policy's message to Rohingya: get out of the country
Jane Perlez 2:17 PM The Myanmar government's Rakhine Action Plan has sparked the biggest flow of Rohingya refugees since a major exodus two years ago.
Critics deride Britain's claim that EU budget bill halved
Robin Emmott 1:27 PM Britain claimed victory in a budget battle with the European Union, saying it would pay only half of what Brussels had demanded, but EU officials said payment had merely been delayed.
Terror groups seize wheat farms using Aussie aid
Rory Callinan 1:08 PM Thousands of hectares of wheat-farming land in Syria and Ira benefiting from a long term multimillion-dollar Australian aid program are under the control of the Islamic State and al-Qaeda offshoot Jabhat al-Nusra.
Gaza bombs spark new Palestinian row
1:05 PM A series of bombs in Gaza targeting the Fatah movement of Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas has triggered a bitter spat with rivals Hamas in a blow to reconciliation efforts.
US diplomat, Pakistan expert in spy probe
Anne Gearan 12:57 PM A veteran US State Department diplomat and longtime Pakistan expert is under federal investigation as part of a counterintelligence probe.
Explosions hit Fatah sites, raising tensions with Hamas before 10th anniversary of Arafat's death
Isabel Kershner and Majd al-Waheidi 4:53 AM Hamas condemns bombings which struck homes, headquarters, and the stage erected for a festival marking the 10th anniversary of Yasser Arafat's death, but many are sceptical.
More human remains found at MH17 crash site - but could be from local fighting in Ukraine
4:30 AM Dutch investigators find more remains where the Malaysia Airlines plane was shot down as work removing debris is suspended in war-torn Ukraine.
Ukraine says Russian tanks and troops have entered the country's east
Natalia Zinets and Vladimir Soldatkin 4:19 AM Ceasefire in tatters as Ukraine accuses Russia of sending a military column to support pro-Russian separatists fighting government forces.
Ukraine says up to 200 rebels killed in Donetsk airport fighting
Kateryna Choursina and Daryna Krasnolutska 1:01 AM Ukraine's military said its forces killed as many as 200 rebels in fighting in Donetsk as dozens of tanks and other military vehicles crossed the border into Ukraine from Russia.
Remains of Fox executive Smith, found in a shallow grave, indicate 'trauma'
Abby Phillip The remains of 20th Century Fox executive Gavin Smith have been identified by his dental records, more than 2½ years after he went missing, police say.
Jihadists threaten SEAL who killed bin Laden
Muslim militants have threatened to kill a former US Navy SEAL who says he fired the fatal shot that killed Osama bin Laden.
Woman 'murdered in act of cannibalism' in Welsh hotel
A woman has been murdered in an "act of cannibalism" and her suspected attacker has died after he was Tasered by police at a British hotel.
Israel escapes 'war crime' trial over aid flotilla
Batsheva Sobelman The International Criminal Court admits Israeli forces may have committed war crimes in intercepting an aid ship headed for the Gaza Strip in 2010, but says the case does not justify prosecution.
