Police in Germany say they have information indicating as many as seven followers of the Islamic State group were planning a New Year's Eve suicide bomb attack on Munich.
New Year's Eve revellers see in the first day of 2016 as police praise the behaviour of partygoers after only minor incidents at celebrations across the country.
Former actor Wayne Rogers, who played wisecracking US Army surgeon "Trapper" John McIntyre in the acclaimed Korean War television comedy MASH, dies in Los Angeles aged 82.
United States President Barack Obama joins comedian Jerry Seinfeld as part of his web series telling him "a pretty sizeable percentage" of world leaders may be crazy.
A fire engulfs a hotel in downtown Dubai just hours before a large fireworks display was set to start nearby from the Burj Khalifa tower, the world's largest building.
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Police praise the behaviour of New Year's Eve revellers after more than 1 million people pack into vantage points across the country to watch spectacular fireworks displays and usher in 2016.
A fire engulfs a hotel in downtown Dubai just hours before a large fireworks display was set to start nearby from the Burj Khalifa tower, the world's largest building.
Iran denies its Revolutionary Guards launched rockets near a US aircraft carrier in the Gulf and condemned US plans for new sanctions over its ballistic missile program.
Six buildings are destroyed by a bushfire in South Australia's Fleurieu Peninsula despite crews stopping the spread of the dangerous blaze, the Country Fire Service says.
The Federal Government downplays the prospect of an early election but promises a fight to ensure its workplace laws are passed by Parliament as Opposition Leader Bill Shorten says Labor is prepared for an election fight, tweeting "bring it on".
Travis Head has smashes an out-of-this-world century to guide the Adelaide Strikers to an improbable five-wicket win over the Sydney Sixers in a classic Big Bash clash.
Temperatures at the North Pole rise above freezing, 20 degrees higher than the mid-winter norm and the latest abnormality in a season of extreme weather events.
Instagram sensation Lucky, left orphaned when his marsupial mother was run over in September, is learning how to be a wombat thanks to a carer and a fellow orphaned joey.
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