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The inquiry was ordered after a BBC TV documentary reported that SAS soldiers had killed 54 people during the war in Afghanistan in suspicious circumstances.

Some simple, evidence-based strategies will help you navigate the Christmas party season without relying on will power alone.

Airbus A320s have been flying since the 1980s and an aviation expert says this is "probably the first event where they've had to ground half the fleet and do a software upgrade". Audio

Hundreds of protesters took to the water on kayaks and watercraft as part of Rising Tide's annual protest, blocking coal ships.

Rage over so-called ghost flood-control projects has been mounting for months in the country which has faced powerful typhoons in recent months.

The movie wasn't just a box office success - it introduced a princess who was strong, flawed and uninterested in romance.

The Frenchman triumphed in Saudi Arabia to become the oldest World Rally champion at 41.

Large parts of Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand have been stricken by cyclone-fuelled torrential rain for a week, with a rare tropical storm forming in the Malacca Strait.

However, some of Air New Zealand's fleet remains grounded with further cancellations possible.

Anthony Albanese is the first Australian prime minister to get married in office, after proposing to Jodie Haydon on Valentine's Day last year.

Authorities have arrested 11 people in connection with the city's worst blaze in nearly 80 years.

Three candidates have emerged as frontrunners, but there is no clear favourite.

From Frankenstein to cold-blooded assassin Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men, milk is a long way from human kindness in movieland.

Thirteen people have been killed in an Israeli "criminal attack" in a village, Syria says, while Israel says its troops came under fire during an operation to arrest militants.