South Africa has put the release of Paralympian Oscar Pistorius on hold, saying a decision to free him this week after serving only 10 months in prison for killing his girlfriend had been premature.
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BANGKOK - Thai police say the prime suspect in the deadly bombing of a Bangkok religious shrine was overheard speaking a foreign language other than English.
LUXEMBOURG - Eurozone finance ministers have formally approved the first tranche of a new 86 billion euros ($A129.21 billion) bailout for Greece after parliaments in member states backed the rescue-for-reforms deal.
WASHINGTON - One year after US journalist James Foley was savagely murdered by Islamic State kidnappers, his family is campaigning to give future hostages a fighting chance of avoiding his fate.
WASHINGTON - Real estate mogul Donald Trump is growing increasingly competitive in a general election contest against Hillary Clinton, trailing the Democratic frontrunner by six points in a poll that shows the race tightening.
TUNIS - A Tunisian policeman has been shot dead by two assailants on a motorbike in the coastal resort of Sousse where a jihadist gunman killed 38 tourists in June.
ENUGU, Nigeria - More than 200 prostitutes went on the rampage in a market town in southern Nigeria, torching buildings after their brothels were demolished, local media reports.
