The escalation ahead of Pelosi’s visit sent markets in China tumbling and the Shanghai Composite and Hang Seng Index falling by more than 3 per cent.

The man vying to replace Boris Johnson says the deal with Australia was bad a bad one for British farmers, but he would not renege on it because that would involve going back on an international treaty.

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has been killed in a targeted drone strike by the US.

Nancy Pelosi is the highest-ranked US official to go to Taiwan in decades. Why is her visit causing so much consternation?

A bear caught on doorbell cam appears to be ringing a South Carolina's woman's bell.

In 1918, Australian soldiers lined the streets of London forming an honour guard for the Royal family who opened Australia House in a lavish affair as a vast crowd watched on.

Jacinda Ardern is visiting the island-nation for the 60th anniversary of both Samoan independence and the signing of a Treaty of Friendship between the two countries.

Last year, US prosecutors charged an Iranian intelligence officer and others with plotting to kidnap Masih Alinejad and take her back to Tehran.

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His death puts an end to a years-long search for the Egyptian doctor who helped plot the September 11 attacks against the US.

The slain Egyptian extremist lacked Osama bin Laden’s charisma, but wielded influence as an ideologue and strategist.

United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to visit Taiwan this week as part of her Asia tour despite warnings from US President Joe Biden.

Russia has fired shells dangerously close to the Zaporizhzhia plant in March as its forces took it over in the first weeks of the invasion of Ukraine.

As Penny Wong joins ASEAN foreign ministers to discuss the worsening crisis, a new report documents the junta’s use of psychological and physical torture.

Elizabeth Zhong was found stabbed to death in the back of her Land Rover in November 2020.

At least nine were killed and dozens injured when a fuel truck exploded in southwestern Libya.

US President Joe Biden says 'justice has been delivered' after al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a drone strike.

Anatoly Chubais’s wife said he was taken to hospital last week when he suddenly felt ill and lost sensation in his limbs.

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi began her tour of Asia on Monday as China ramped up military exercises and a war propaganda campaign.

It’s merely a scenario, but is it plausible that the world is nervously anticipating the wrong war? One former major general in the Australian Army believes so.