The White House Correspondents' Association's leader says she regrets comedian Michelle Wolf's routine at the organisation's dinner may end up defining an evening designed to rally around journalism.

Islamic State claims responsibility for a coordinated double suicide bombing that hit central Kabul, killing 25 people, including a veteran AFP photographer and eight other journalists working for local media.

A former opposition MP is one of two men jailed for more than two years after being convicted of sedition in Fiji, as another sedition trial involving senior staff from the Fiji Times newspaper gets underway.

North Korea is at its most powerful position in its history — and last week's border crossing shows how shrewd and easily underestimated its Supreme Leader is, writes Stan Grant.

Five weeks short of his 32nd birthday, Spanish superstar Rafael Nadal remains the clay court master, winning his 11th Barcelona Open crown in another dominating display.