Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's suitably chaotic initiation to Jakarta has been reported appreciatively in the local media.
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BEIRUT - The Islamic State group has claimed a twin bomb blast that killed 41 people in a Beirut stronghold of the Shi'ite Hezbollah movement, in a statement posted online.
ROME - Italian police have announced a swoop on a European jihadist network that was allegedly planning to try to spring its leader out of detention in Norway.
HEBRON - Undercover Israeli agents pretending to transport a pregnant woman have raided a West Bank hospital overnight and killed a Palestinian while arresting his cousin over a knife attack, officials say.
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WELLINGTON - Ordinary Kiwis could decide to boycott Australia in protest against the treatment of detainees, a party leader in New Zealand has suggested.
VALLETTA - Europe is in a "race against time" to save its system of passport-free travel and must move fast to tighten control of migration over its external borders, European Council President Donald Tusk says.
LONDON - The idea that a string of witnesses have come forward to falsely accuse Chris Cairns of match fixing is ludicrous, prosecutors at his London trial say.
