Sergeant Vadin Shyshimarin has been charged in the killing of an unarmed 62-year-old civilian who was gunned down while riding a bicycle in February, four days into the war.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s brother, the former prime minister, is in hiding, as the army tries to quell riots triggered by severe food and fuel shortages.

The North’s government has shunned vaccines offered by the UN-backed COVAX distribution program, possibly because those have monitoring requirements.

The passenger, who didn’t know the plane’s location, had to fly along the coastline until he could be spotted by air traffic controllers.

A majority of Americans support abortion rights - but will this issue galvanise them to vote Democrat in November?

Lufthansa has apologised after passengers were told they couldn't board a connecting flight because they were Jewish.

Millions of displaced citizens are fleeing to western Ukraine to escape devastation around Kyiv.

US election reform campaigners are arguing that voting should be compulsory, easy and served with a sausage, just like in Australia.

A plane passenger with no flying experience made a successful emergency landing in Florida.

While the new recommendations take effect on May 16, rules for masks may still vary by airline beyond that date if they fly to or from destinations where the rules are different.

Nearly 100 people were killed when the 12-story residential building near Miami Beach collapsed in 2021.

Australia may not be able to match China’s influence through infrastructure investment or granting loans, but we can build deep bonds with PNG through its shared passion for a game: rugby league.

Children were forced apart from their families, prohibited from speaking their native languages and often abused at the boarding schools.

Cardinal Joseph Zen and three others who helped run a now-disbanded Hong Kong fund for protesters were arrested on charges of “collusion with foreign forces”.

A New York judge said he’ll lift the former president’s contempt finding if Trump meets certain conditions, including paying $US144,000 in fines he’s racked up so far.

Veteran journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, 51, was wearing a press vest when she was shot dead during an Israeli raid in the West Bank.

Queen Elizabeth has missed the opening of the British Parliament for the first time since 1963.

US intelligence says Vladimir Putin is in the Ukraine war for the long haul, despite signs of a stalemate in the Donbas region.

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The comments come after researchers warned that China was at risk of unleashing a major Omicron wave if restrictions are lifted without boosting both vaccination rates and access to treatments.