US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen says global risks mean that the Fed should "proceed cautiously" before raising interest rates.

Australian cricketers will use a different ball in domestic cricket a bid to win a first Ashes in England since 2001.

An Egyptian man accused of hijacking a plane and diverting it to Cyprus using a fake suicide belt is remanded in custody for eight days.

South African animal rights campaigners are using the hashtag #SaveSylvester to urge a game park to reverse its decision to put down an escaped lion.

The world's biggest plane manufacturer Boeing will cut more than 4,500 jobs by June to reduce costs, as customers cut back on orders.

Iran's Supreme Leader says anyone who thinks negotiations are more important than building a missile system are traitors, his official website reports.

The opposition-controlled National Assembly in Venezuela passes an amnesty bill aimed at freeing dozens of jailed opposition leaders.

A top Australian university has rejected claims it is trying to rewrite the nation's colonial history.