A fresh onslaught of shelling and artillery fire has hit the Ukrainian city of Mariupol.

The head of the United Nations said Ukraine has become “an epicentre of unbearable heartache and pain”.

The city of Nawabshah in Pakistan hit 47.5 degrees - the hottest temperature in the Northern Hemisphere this year so far.

Some traits were more likely to be associated with certain breeds - but largely just howling, pointing and retrieving.

The Australian government has allowed the post of High Commissioner to the UK to fall vacant during the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

This is only the second human case diagnosed since this bird flu virus wave started spreading across the world.

A record-breaking heat wave in India and Pakistan exposing hundreds of millions of people to dangerous temperatures is damaging the country’s wheat harvest, which experts say could affect countries seeking to make up imports of grain staple from co...

Ukraine's fight back against Russia could soon receive its largest ever funding package from the US.

As Russia concentrates its attack on the east and south of the country, residents of the Kyiv region are returning to assess the war's toll on their communities.

A Christchurch woman was shocked when she read a Stuff article about another woman being scammed out of more than $500,000 - three years earlier, she'd met her "prince charming".

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Rocket Lab aims for a helicopter with two pilots to pluck a 12- metre booster stage from mid-air using a combination of ropes, parachutes and a heatshield.

We are playing with genetic engineering, space travel and even enhancing the virulence of some pathogens, but have yet to deliberately use any of these technologies for mass warfare.

With the prospect of payouts for smearing the families of Sandy Hook shooting victims looming, Jones last week filed for emergency relief in federal bankruptcy court, a move called an “abuse of the bankruptcy system”. 

The Long Beach, California-based company is trying to slash the cost of spaceflight by reusing its rockets, a trend pioneered by billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk’s SpaceX. 

A Fiji court will decide next week which oligarch who owns this 106-metre yacht with its lobster tank and helipad - and if they’re under sanctions.

A pile of used cluster bombs dropped on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv are further evidence of Russian war crimes, locals say.

The Ukraine president revealed that Indonesian leader Joko Widodo had invited him. If he attends, he would be in the room with Putin, who has already accepted.

Surprising allegations emerge in the defamation trial including faecal matter in the bed, painting in blood, graphic text messages and 'hitting not punching'.

As civilians return to their homes in villages abandoned by the Russians, they’re stopping for photos as an act of defiance.