May 23, 2013 Tensions are rising along Syria's borders as government forces battle to regain control of a strategic border town from rebel fighters.

May 23, 2013 Is Pope Francis an exorcist?

May 22, 2013 The scale of destruction in Moore on the fringe of Oklahoma City was so vast that during the first full day of recovery authorities could do little more for dazed survivors than clear the roads and sling a protective perimeter around them.

May 22, 2013 Four Australian companies have made the list of the world's 100 most powerful brands, with the top spot going to technology giant Apple.

May 22, 2013 Insulation rained down on his head. He could hear glass shattering, walls crumbling and the roof tearing from his one-story home that sits in the shadow of a multiplex here.

May 22, 2013 India and China are mending ties through trade.

May 22, 2013 A far-right writer and activist killed himself in front of the altar of Paris's famed Notre Dame Cathedral on Tuesday in an apparent protest against gay marriage, after calling for "spectacular" action to protect France's identity.

May 22, 2013 A pair of Australian stormchasers, Perth teacher Melissa Marshall and her meteorologist husband, were in Oklahoma City when the tornado swept through.

May 22, 2013 Is Pope Francis an exorcist? The question has bubbled up ever since Francis laid his hands on the head of a young man in a wheelchair after celebrating Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square.

May 22, 2013 Sending Australian artworks to New York or Hong Kong to be displayed for just a few days among thousands of other pieces is no easy feat, but for galleries Roslyn Oxley9 and Sullivan+Strumpf, the effort pays off.