The Taliban has taken to the streets of Kabul in Afghanistan to mark one year since it regained control of the capital.

A murder investigation is underway after police say the remains were unwittingly brought to a south Auckland home from the auction.

State news agency Xinhua said among those sanctioned were the de facto Taiwanese ambassador to Washington, and the chief of the National Security Council.

Nina Lipscomb, 82, has early stage Alzheimer’s and wandered off from a home in Senoia last Monday evening.

Officials have not commented on rumours that Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who is known as “Putin’s chef”, has been killed in the strike.

The search for US teen Kiely Rodni, who vanished after a party, is continuing.

William Ruto has won the tight vote with 50.49 per cent. His opponent must respect the result as per a promise brokered by Australia and the Commonwealth.

The ex-president and his fundraising arm have sent out an average of 10 emails a day since the unprecedented search of his Mar-a-Lago residence last week.

Britain has become the first country to authorise an updated coronavirus jab that directly targets the Omicron strain of the virus.

The author’s life kept on intersecting with dramatic events that became so commonplace it is difficult to imagine how someone might stay sane and work, defining himself as a writer and not a victim.

The country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to an additional six years in prison, a legal official said.

The incident is the latest in a series of chaotic flash lockdowns in China, one of the last countries in the world to still adhere to a zero-COVID policy.

Police cordon off part of Moncrieff Ave in Clendon Park, south Auckland, where human remains were discovered.

John Bolton has criticised the Biden Administration for pursuing a nuclear deal with Iran even as it attempts to murder Americans and people under US protection on US soil. And he’s not alone.

Son Chhay, a dual Cambodian and Australian citizen, is facing criminal defamation charges after criticising local commune elections across Cambodia in June.

Lawyers for Julian Assange are suing the CIA and its former director Mike Pompeo for allegedly spying on the WikiLeaks founder and his visitors when he was holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London.

The novelist, who has lived under threat for decades, is recovering after being repeatedly stabbed in New York state.

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The churches attract millions of followers with their promises to heal illnesses and deliver people from poverty.

Dr Gaurav Sharma has gone public with claims of bullying, misspending of taxpayer funds and wrongdoing by staffing and standards agency Parliamentary Service.