Pilot proposes to girlfriend on Melbourne-LA flight

Qantas Airlines pilot Dooley Ellis started his in-flight announcement the normal way, but soon had a special question for his girlfriend

• Nov 1, 2016

Pakistani woman, once publicly gang-raped, now walks the runway

Mukhtar Mai was gang-raped and paraded naked in public in 2002, and instead of committing suicide afterward, she fought all the way to the Supreme Court

• Nov 1, 2016

Iraq's military have pushed inside Mosul's city limits

Troops entered a neighborhood within the city limits, the first time they have been in there in two years

• Nov 1, 2016

Police officer faces new trial in cannibalism killing case

Previous court's ruling thrown out over extent to which it considered likelihood of victim suicide

• Nov 1, 2016

China debuts new stealth fighter jet

J-20 jet's capabilities remain largely secret, but it appears to be China's answer to U.S. F-22, and there's more in the pipeline

• Nov 1, 2016

Japanese girl band's Nazi-esque outfits draw fire

Sony Music's division in Japan apologizes for girls' stage costumes, blaming "our lack of understanding"

• Nov 1, 2016

India's festival of lights fuels a nightmare of smog

Fireworks set off for Hindu holiday of Diwali add even more noxious gas to an already-dangerous mix of pollutants over India's densely packed capital

• Nov 1, 2016

"Special forces have stormed in" to ISIS stronghold

Defenses weaked by artillery, militants now fighting Iraqi forces inside Mosul for 1st time since they swept into the city more than two years ago

• Nov 1, 2016

State media: 13 dead, more than a dozen missing in China coal mine blast

Several people have been found dead after a gas explosion in a Chinese coal mine and the status is unknown of 20 others still trapped, state media said

• Oct 31, 2016

Canadian newspaper says Montreal police tracked journalist's iPhone

Montreal journalist whose iPhone was monitored by police for months said he was outraged to discover he’d been “spied on” as part of what he calls an effort to identify his sources

• Oct 31, 2016

Iraqi special forces poised to enter Mosul

Leader of Iraq's special forces said they will enter the city of Mosul soon, which was captured by ISIS from a superior yet neglected Iraqi force in 2014

• Oct 31, 2016

10-year-old tears up when he finally sees his mom's face

With the help of special glasses, legally blind Benny Francey was able to see clearly for the first time in his life

• Oct 31, 2016

2 Canadians to sleep in coffins at Dracula's Castle

Airbnb competition saw 88,000 people try for a chance to dine and sleep at famed gothic fortress in Romania

• Oct 31, 2016

Sweden declares WWII hero Wallenberg officially dead

Swedish diplomat credited with helping at least 20,000 Hungarian Jews escape the Holocaust is believed to have died in Soviet captivity

• Oct 31, 2016

NATO, Russia to hold parallel drills in the Balkans

Serbia, a NATO partner, to host "The Slavic Brotherhood 2016” military drills with Russia, while Montenegro leans more heavily on the West

• Oct 31, 2016

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