Despite a flowering of optimism over the prospect of peace, a thorny issue remains yet to be grasped: Hamas has made no commitment to disarm.

Hope is building ahead of the deadline for a ceasefire deal exchanging Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners.

The back and forth threatens to derail a possible meeting between Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping and end a truce in a tariff war.

The presence of Chinese and Russian leaders at the latest Pyongyang mega-parade underlines Kim Jong-un’s rising star as a geopolitical partner against the West.

Pakistani security officials said they were responding “with full force” to what they called unprovoked firing from Afghanistan amid rising tensions between the two countries.

The US president uses unpredictability as leverage as we’ve seen from Ukraine to Gaza but he mistakes confusion for control, volatility for strength.

There were three shootings across the U.S. state of Mississippi during homecoming celebrations.

18 people were initially believed to be missing after the massive explosion.

Authorities are trying to determine the cause of the explosion on Friday that was felt by people more than 100 kilometres away.

Ahead of the release of Israeli hostages, thousands rallied in Tel Aviv at an event attended by Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, and her husband, Jared Kushner.

The former musician was serving a 29-year sentence for a series of serious child sex offences before the attack, which was described as “shocking, even by prison standards”.

Thousands hop on a London hire bike every day, and true believers swear they’re quicker than the Tube.

The man sporting a reddish beard and jacket reaches forward to speak briefly into the microphone. This is Encep Nurjaman, the alleged mastermind of the Bali bombing.

US media giant Paramount paid $US150m for a controversial journalist’s online news site. Is it to appease Donald Trump?

The news of his death comes as Israel prepares to welcome home the final 20 living hostages still held captive by Hamas, followed by the bodies of 28 others.

The former US president has started radiation therapy after he was diagnosed in May with prostate cancer, which had spread to his bone.

The citizens of a progressive northwestern US city have found a creative, humorous way to undercut Donald Trump’s assertions of lawlessness.

Maria Corina Machado has been named the Nobel Peace Prize winner for her ongoing work for a peaceful transition away from dictatorship.

Big changes are imminent for Australians travelling to Europe, and it'll spell the end of stamps in your passport.

Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians have returned to Gaza to begin rebuilding their lives.