Drones and "smart" drum lines will be deployed to protect swimmers on New South Wales' north coast from shark attacks, the state government says.

The World Robot Conference in Beijing has drawn big crowds to its showcase of "jiqiren", or "machine people".

A US aircraft attacked a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) clinic in the Afghan city of Kunduz because of "human error", a US military inquiry says.

Chicago police arrest five people protesting over a video showing a white police officer shooting a black teenager 16 times in the city last year.

Controversial French comedian Dieudonne M'bala M'bala is sentenced to two months in jail by a Belgian court for anti-Semitic comments made in Belgium.

Canada is resettling 25,000 Syrian refugees by end of February 2016, the newly elected Liberal government says.

US officials release dashboard camera video showing a white policeman shooting a black teenager last year in Chicago as a murder charge is brought.

A Russian marine is killed on a mission to rescue from rebels the crew of a jet downed by Turkey near the Syrian border, as Nato states join ranks.