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The threat of a terror attack in Australia is "real", Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said after the so-called Islamic State group urged followers to target Sydney's beachside Bondi and the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Rivals Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump sprinted out of the campaign blocks on Monday to begin their two-month dash to the US presidential election, descending on Ohio as ground zero of their 2016 battle.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un called on his military to continue building up Pyongyang's nuclear force after issuing orders for the latest test-firing of ballistic missiles, the North's state media said on Tuesday.

A third massive explosion jolted central Kabul late Monday, hours after a Taliban double bombing killed at least 24 people and left 91 others wounded, in another day of carnage in the Afghan capital.

The Italian coastguard on Monday said rescuers had recovered the bodies of 15 migrants in search and rescue operations which saved nearly 2,700 people making the perilous Mediterranean crossing to Europe.

US President Barack Obama has cancelled a planned meeting with Philippines leader Rodrigo Duterte, the White House said on Monday, after his Asian ally launched a foul-mouthed tirade against him.

Israel's Space Communication Ltd said on Sunday it could seek $50 million or a free flight from Elon Musk's SpaceX after a Spacecom communications satellite was destroyed last week by an explosion at SpaceX's Florida launch site.

Chinese President Xi Jinping told his South Korean counterpart that China opposes the US deployment of the THAAD anti-missile system in South Korea, Xinhua state news agency reported on Monday.

Tens of thousands took to Brazilian streets Sunday to support sacked leader Dilma

The leaders of EU heavyweights Germany and France yesterday called for a new push to invigorate the bloc after Britain's shock Brexit vote.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday branded the bombing of a night market in his home town that killed at least 14 people an act of terrorism, and announced powers for the military to combat the threat.

Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov died Friday, the government announced, ending over a quarter of a century of his rule in the Central Asian nation, with no clear successor in place.

At least 13 people were kille and more than 50 wounded after a suicide bomber attacked a court in the Pakistani city of Mardan today, police said, the latest assault targeting Pakistan's legal community.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview aired today that Moscow and Washington could soon reach a cooperation deal on Syria.

At least 2.6 billion people, over a third of the global population, live in parts of Africa, Asia and the Pacific where Zika could gain a new foothold, researchers warned todya, with 1.2 billion at risk in India alone.

Four suicide bombers who were trying to attack a Christian colony in Pakistan were killed early yesterday during a gunfight with security forces outside the northwestern city of Peshawar, the army said.