October 19, 2017 Jacinda Ardern named New Zealand's youngest prime minister since 1850s At 37 years old, Jacinda Ardern is set to be New Zealand’s youngest prime minister since the 1850s.
October 16, 2017 Boat carrying Rohingya Muslims capsizes, killing at least 12 An overcrowded boat carrying Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar capsized Monday in the Bay of Bengal near a Bangladeshi fishing village, killing 12 people, including six children, police said.
October 13, 2017 Man-eating crocodile hunted after killing Australian woman with dementia Authorities in northern Australia were searching on Friday for a crocodile suspected of killing a dementia patient who wandered from a nursing home, police said.
October 9, 2017 New Zealand police sorry for tweeting joke on road deaths New Zealand police on Monday tweeted a gif image of Steve Carell from “The Office” with the caption, “This is the worst,” in a tweet about having to tell a family member about someone dying in a crash.
October 3, 2017 Banned VX poison killed brother of North Korean leader, coroner confirms A Malaysian government pathologist testified Tuesday at the trial of two women accused of killing the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader that the banned VX nerve agent caused his death.
October 1, 2017 Vanuatu volcano erupts; 11,000 prepare to evacuate A flotilla of boats was headed to the Pacific island of Ambae, Vanuatu, on Sunday as efforts got underway to evacuate all 11,000 residents because of an erupting volcano.
September 27, 2017 Pair of US bombers fly over South China Sea in latest challenge to Beijing Two U.S. bombers flew over the South China Sea on Friday as President Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping prepare for a possible meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Germany.
September 27, 2017 Chinese carrier sails into defense zone, Taiwan says The Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning on Wednesday, for a brief time, entered Taiwan’s defense zone and was being monitored, Reuters reported.
September 27, 2017 American YouTube star in Thailand in hot water after coin stunt falls flat An American expat in Thailand who is a YouTube star with 3.29 million subscribers is in hot water for posting a video of an age-old practice among kids: flattening coins on railroad tracks.
September 27, 2017 Dad with giant face tattoo gets laser removal, reveals he's landed first job A teenage lad who complained his huge ‘DEVAST8’ face tattoo was ruining his chance of finding a job is getting it lasered off for free.