Islamic State militants threaten to kill two Japanese hostages unless $200 million ransom is paid; Shinzo Abe calls for release of captives Islamic State militants threaten to kill two Japanese hostages unless $200 million ransom is paid; Shinzo Abe calls for release of captives
Bodies believed to be of Japanese WWII soldiers found in Palau cave
Banned pesticide used to grow 70pc of Australian strawberries
Top polluters to set own limits virtually penalty free, according to policy paper
Data retention laws pass Federal Parliament
Adelaide Archbishop charged with concealing child sex abuse
Abbott hits out at scathing UN report on asylum policies
South Korea decriminalises adultery
Australian fighting with Kurds against IS killed: monitor
Japan 'needs immigration revolution' to boost dwindling workforce
Abbott 'terminally wounded' after LNP's 'catastrophic' Qld rout: MPs
US agrees David Hicks is innocent, lawyer says
Perth boy first patient in world fitted with insulin pump
Japan refuses to buckle to IS demands over hostages
Gunmen seize Yemen president's chief of staff: official
Former Ukraine leader Yanukovych added to Interpol wanted list
Teen 'in shock' after wrongly linked to Charlie Hebdo attack
Bomb strapped to girl 'about 10 years old' kills 19 in Nigeria
Massive fireworks factory explosion caught on camera
Women, children accused of witchcraft 'at risk of murder'
Church concedes celibacy may have contributed to child sex abuse