A cruise passenger has remarkably survived after falling overboard in the Gulf of Mexico and floating at sea for up to 15 hours.

Russian soldiers are being killed in large numbers in the conflict with Ukraine, with some being called up to fight despite having serious health issues.

“Something has to change in South Sudan because the number of people in need continues to rise every year and the resources continue to decrease.”

“These new rules are an important part of our ongoing actions to protect the American people from national security threats involving telecommunications.”

Is the attractive new-generation politician the true great-grandson of Taiwan’s controversial first president or is he a Trojan horse doing Beijing’s bidding?

COVID cases just surpassed 30,000 a day nationwide for the first time and cities are responding by tracking and isolating thousands of people.

Police said four protesters glued themselves to the ground near the runway, while two others cycled across the premises.

Wolf populations have risen dramatically in the past decade after being effectively wiped out to curb livestock attacks centuries ago.

In a rare interview, the former German chancellor, who spends her retirement binge-watching Netflix, says she was “powerless” near end of her reign.

The singer, dancer and actor appears to have put quite a bit of “Bennifer” into the new album too.

A near blackout in Ukraine can be seen on NASA's worldview feed.

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

Doctors in Ukraine have performed heart surgery on a child in the dark, as blackouts hit a hospital in Kyiv.

Since early October, Russia has launched missiles roughly once a week in a bid to destroy the Ukrainian power grid. It has succeeded in causing major damage.

The group has published a lengthy video questioning the activities of the Russian embassy in Australia, runs letter writing campaigns, and raised money for humanitarian needs for Ukraine.

President Xi Jinping faces many challenges as he tries to steer his nation out of COVID-zero.

Despite the marijuana bars, neon signs and tourism dollars, some people are pushing to see the drug criminalised again.

France decriminalised abortion in 1975, two years after Roe v. Wade. With the landmark US law rolled back, French MPs are taking a stand.

Sledgehammers have become an unofficial symbol of the Kremlin-linked Wagner mercenary group whose fighters use them to kill during overseas missions.