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General Martin Dempsey tells House committee that he would consider abandoning Obama’s pledge and send troops to fight Isis in Iraq
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Authorities have blamed adulterated antibiotics and said second camp was an unauthorised money-making racket
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With 500,000 tonnes of contaminated water onsite and reactor 1 off limits until 2025, decommissioning will take 40 years
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Safe landing gives scientists their first chance to ride a comet and study close up what happens as it gets closer to the sun
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Firefighters, police officers and a tracker dog are looking for a young tiger that was spotted in a car park
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Médecins Sans Frontières to start three trials in treatment centres run by volunteers in west Africa
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A team of artists complete what could be the largest sandcastle ever built in Niteroi, Brazil
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Under new approach, Predator B drones sweep remote canyons and rivers to collect high-resolution video which is then analysed to track changes in terrain
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Sterilisation camps for women seen as cheaper option than contraceptives in remote villages, while incentives for surgery condemned as coercion by legal experts
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A Russian research team including scientists, a medic and a professional climber has descended a giant sinkhole on the Yamal Peninsula in northern Siberia. Photographs by Vladimir Pushkarev/Siberian Times
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Mediterranean sea skirmish that military calls ‘terrorist incident’ leaves eight personnel missing and 32 assailants captured
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Officers and firefighters search Seine-et-Marne district after resident takes photo of suspected big cat then raises alarm
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Despite vows of a move towards more democratic governance, Burma struggles to emerge from 50 years of military rule
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President ignores escalating violence and gets straight on the campaign trail, after 46 schoolchildren are killed in Yobe State
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Up to 75,000 business people who regularly travel to the UK are to be given new rights to speed their transit through London
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PM may feel vindicated about opposing Juncker’s appointment as EC president given row over Luxembourg’s lax tax regime
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US president, who had criticised stalled pace of reform in ex-military dictatorship, meets country’s parliament during visit
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The cultivation of poppies for opium gains more ground, with Helmand province - which British troops pulled out of this year - remaining the region producing the most
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Governments from G20 countries are spending $88bn to find new oil, gas and coal reserves – we have mapped where 10 of them are directing their funds
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Interactive guide to all the Victorian electorates
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The tax revenues from marijuana in states where it has been legalised are relatively sizeable - is this one of the reasons why many legislatures are consenting to pro-marijuana legislation?
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However the numbers are sliced and diced, the result was a GOP landslide, but how far this wave will actually carry the Republicans remains unknown
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The world’s biggest companies disclose little or no financial details about their operations outside their home countries, Transparency International says
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The findings of a new report on sporting injuries are both surprising (who would have thought golf is a hidden killer?) and expected (stay away from quadbikes), but how do the major codes stack up?
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Norway has been named the most prosperous country in the world for the sixth year in a row and European countries dominate the top 30 of the annual Prosperity Index
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The polls say the GOP will take the Senate, but their path to win a few difficult races could last for weeks after election day
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From the most popular Halloween fancy dress choices in the UK to the amount expected to be spent on festivities - here is everything you wanted to know about Halloween, in numbers
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A new report shows that most people are very wrong on some of the key facts about their home nation. See if you know any better
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International Ipsos Mori poll shows Australians are also wildly wrong in their estimations on teen pregnancy, immigrants and unemployment
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Number of billionaires on Earth has more than doubled since the financial crisis, according to a new report from Oxfam
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The UK falls eight places in rankings measuring gender equality worldwide, with Nordic countries such as Iceland and Sweden continuing to come out on top
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Twenty five years after its fall, more pieces of the Berlin wall are scattered across the globe – from Seattle to South Korea, Cape Town to Canberra – than remain in the city itself
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A new website aims to demystify Australia’s parliamentary voting process
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What do you call these things? These interactive maps show the language divide in Australia
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Sudden slump in price of crude – now at its lowest for four years – sends tremors through capitals of the world’s great oil powers. A look at the economic and geopolitical implications of $80 oil
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The proportion of the country’s wealth owned by the top 10% has increased between 2000 and 2014, according to a new report
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With an estimated 260,000 illicit firearms in circulation, an inquiry is examining the extent of the gun-trafficking problem
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Sterilisation camps for women seen as cheaper option than contraceptives in remote villages, while incentives for surgery condemned as coercion by legal experts
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Despite vows of a move towards more democratic governance, Burma struggles to emerge from 50 years of military rule
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President ignores escalating violence and gets straight on the campaign trail, after 46 schoolchildren are killed in Yobe State
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Brisbane’s to-do list is clear: action on tax avoidance, free trade etc. What is unclear is whether the talks will make any difference
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Obama’s agreement with China does not need Senate approval but the Republican majorities in both houses have an array of tactics to frustrate it
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Assad regime says scheme to curb fighting in Aleppo and improve access to aid is worth studying, but rebels are divided
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Journalist Rafael Marques de Morais is facing nine separate trials in Angola for his reporting on human rights abuses and corruption. He delivers a tribute to slain colleagues and a plea for press freedom
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Home secretary reticent over role in securing ever-deeper integration of criminal justice systems across Europe
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Is the Group of 20 a genuine agent for change, or just another tired horse on the merry-go-round of international confabs?
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What do you call a group of economies described variously as the primary world economic body and the greatest setback since the second world war?
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Carson, the brilliant black surgeon who has compared Obamacare with slavery, appears to have entered the presidential race in 2016. Tom McCarthy takes a closer look
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Author Michael Young argues that ending violence in Syria and Iraq requires regional and international powers – including Iran – to face up to the realities of sectarian politics
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Grand Duchy advertises itself as ‘business-friendly’ haven amid leak showing it helped multinationals save millions in tax
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Ian Black: The Syrian president is the beneficiary of a muddled campaign that leaves him free to strike against his own enemies
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From members of the police to the deputy president, a commission seeks justice for the 34 miners who lost their lives at the Lonmin mine strikes in 2012. Greg Nicholson reports
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Senator Jeanne Shaheen’s re-election was a bright spot for Democrats in the midterms, but it might not have been so if she faced a different candidate, reports Jon Swaine
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The Republican senate will mean go-slow on domestic policy, so the president’s best chance of a lasting impact is overseas
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From the first Haitian-American elected to Congress to the youngest-ever state legislator, the 2014 midterms produced some notable election precedents
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A team of artists complete what could be the largest sandcastle ever built in Niteroi, Brazil
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A Russian research team including scientists, a medic and a professional climber has descended a giant sinkhole on the Yamal Peninsula in northern Siberia. Photographs by Vladimir Pushkarev/Siberian Times
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Lava from the erupting Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island continues its slow advance, destroying a home in the process
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Mannequins dressed as pregnant schoolgirls causes a stir at a shopping mall in Venezuela's capital, Caracas
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Find out why the G20 forum exists and what it's supposed to do with our animation
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Nato's chief military commander says the international border between Ukraine and Russia is 'completely porous', with Russian-backed troops, money and weaponry flowing freely between the two countries
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Brisbane's city centre has been splashed in colour prior to the official start of the G20 summit
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Victoria's top police officer has launched a task force into abusive and sexist behaviour in the ranks of the state's police force. In a video message, Chief Commissioner Ken Lay says he often asks himself whether he would be happy for his daughter to serve as a police officer given the degree to which sexist male officers exist in the force
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As the G20 begins in Brisbane, the state of Queensland has undergone radical political reform and unprecedented attacks on civil liberties. Guardian Australia's Joshua Robertson and Bill Code delve into the LNP's (Liberal National Party) public service cuts and some of the principal targets of the government's law and order campaign: outlaw motorcycle clubs. The laws that bikies want struck out in the high court this Friday include those targeting tattooists, laws adding up to 25 years to their jail sentences, as well as laws banning them from going to their clubhouses or meeting in public in groups of more than two. Guardian Australia invited Queensland's attorney general, education minister, local government minister and health minister to appear in this film.
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Firefighters rescue two window cleaners who became stuck on scaffolding outside the 69th floor of One World Trade Center in New York City on Wednesday
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Hand-held footage purportedly shows a Syrian boy rescuing a girl under sniper fire in Syria
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People in Beijing give their reactions to footage of the US president Barack Obama chewing gum at the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings
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Minister Raman Singh arrives at the hospital caring for at least 14 critically ill women who received sterilisation surgery
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Bill Shorten describes Tony Abbott's threat to shirtfront Vladimir Putin as a 'brain snap' and 'diplomatic faux pas'
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This historical site developed along the caravan routes of antiquity and thrived as a commercial and social centre linking the Persian empire to Europe and China. Iranian conservationists say local merchants, townspeople and the religious class have played a significant role in its dynamics, even as the government influence has steadily grown over the decades. All photos by Boris Le Montagner
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Seven baby western quolls are being hand-reared at Adelaide zoo after their mother was killed by a feral cat
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Police spotters keep watch over ceremony which took place at war memorial weeks after shooting killed soldier
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Polish police in Warsaw use water cannon on Tuesday to disperse far-right protesters