Lynne O’Donnell, who has reported on and off from Afghanistan for about two decades, says she was detained by the Taliban and forced to deny her reporting.

The London fire brigade has been hit with its busiest day since WWII as the country swelters through a heatwave.

Mourners filled New York City’s St Vincent Ferrer Church to remember the first wife of Donald Trump, the woman who coined the nickname “The Donald”.

Moscow, which classifies military deaths as state secrets, says its military “tasks” in Ukraine now go beyond the Donbas.

Scientists have answered a longstanding question about mammalian evolution to determine when the integral trait of warm-bloodedness first emerged.

The report on alleged violations of the human rights of the Uighur population in Xinjiang has been promised for months.

Rishi Sunak may be the clever person’s choice but here’s why Britain’s Conservative true believers are likely to choose Liz Truss to replace Boris Johnson as PM.

Taliban intelligence officials threatened an Australian journalist with jail unless she publicly apologised for reporting on alleged abuses by the group, she has said.

New polling shows most Americans don’t want Trump or President Joe Biden to make another White House bid.

For more than two-and-a-half years, Micronesia had managed to avoid any outbreaks thanks to its geographic isolation and border controls.

The sport inspired by the wizarding game in the Harry Potter books has changed its name in part due to author J.K. Rowling’s views on transgender issues.

Boris Johnson is believed to be supporting Liz Truss against her rival Rishi Sunak, who has been accused of plotting his leadership run for months.

On the 80th anniversary of the commencement of fighting on the Kokoda Track, we remember the “bitter, horribly bitter, business” of what was a turning point of the war in the Pacific.

The UK has sweltered through its hottest day ever recorded, with temperatures pushing past 40C.

A new state-backed company will now centralise purchases of iron ore for the steel sector and increase Beijing’s bargaining power.

The South Asian island nation is facing the worst economic and political crisis since its independence in 1948, with food, fuel and medicines in short supply and inflation seen touching 70 per cent.

The Canadian PM wants an end to the “culture of toxic behaviour” within the sport after revelations its peak body uses registration fees to settle lawsuits.

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Captain Kate McCue uses her social media accounts to try to normalise the concept of women being captains.

80 years ago, the Kokoda Track campaign, a series of battles fought between July and November fought between a Japanese force and Australian and Papuan land forces began. The battles were a major turning point in the pacific theatre of WWII.