Gunmen have killed a Pakistani politician from Imran Khan's party in Karachi on the eve of a partial re-run of May 11 polls marked by more than 150 killings.

Thieves made a loud and bungled attempt to steal a cash machine by dragging it down a Perth street early this morning.

A fence around Brazil's borders with its 10 neighbours has moved a step closer with the final selection of suppliers for the costly and complex task.

The owner of a horse infected with the bat-borne lyssavirus in southwest Queensland says there are no bats in the area.

A remote volcano in Alaska is still shooting lava high into the air but its ash plume is thinning and no longer making it dangerous for planes to fly nearby.

An Aston Martin car has sold for more than three million pounds sterling, setting a new world-record price for the brand which is celebrating its centenary year.

Australia is making noises about putting its foot down.

American authorities have opened an investigation into a rush-hour collision between two commuter trains that injured 60 passengers and severed a key rail link in the northeastern United States.

Forget sneakers tied over the powerlines - the future of marijuana sales could be the humble vending machine.

There has been another incident involving Boeingâ s new Dreamliner plane.

The parents of missing British girl Madeleine McCann have welcomed new developments in the case.