School Shooting: Hunt For Gunman And Motive

Scores of French police and counter terrorism experts are hunting a gunman who shot dead four people at a Jewish school in Toulouse and appears to have killed three French paratroopers in the last fortnight.

At least two dead in avalanche in Norway

At least two people are confirmed dead and one has been rescued after an avalanche buried six foreign skiers in northern Norway, the Associated Press reports.

Bomb Explodes in Aleppo One Day After Deadly Damascus Attacks

A bomb has exploded in Syria's second-largest city of Aleppo, one day after a double car bombing in the capital, Damascus, killed 27 people and wounded more than 100.

Syria's state news agency says that Sunday's explosion in Aleppo

Report Says Bin Laden Was Plotting Obama's Assassination

A major U.S. newspaper reports Osama bin Laden ordered al-Qaida to assassinate U.S. President Barack Obama and General David Petraeus, who was then the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan.

Washington Post columnist David Ignatius reported Friday documents taken from bin Laden's compound describe the scheme.  Bin Laden wrote that killing Obama would ensure Vice President Joe Biden would come to power, someone bin Laden said was "totally unprepared" for the post.

Man shot with Taser stun gun dies in Sydney

A MAN has died in Sydney's CBD after police shot him with a Taser stun gun. 
 
Officers had identified the man as a suspect following a robbery in The Rocks area of the city about 5.30am (AEDT) this morning.