As a US federal appeals court readies to hear her groundbreaking case, once obscure actress Cindy Lee Garcia faces some tough resistance: death threats from around the Muslim world and the wrath of the planet's most powerful internet companies.

Taliban insurgents have killed at least 140 people, most of them children, after storming an army-run school in Pakistan. Warning: images may be disturbing.

US air strikes have killed several Islamic State group leaders in northern Iraq, a US general says.

The Herald's picture editors showcase the best images from around the globe.

A teenage girl has died in India after being thrown from a moving bus by a group of men who were sexually assaulting her.

President Barack Obama has declared a state of emergency in response to the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, where thousands of residents have been exposed to toxic amounts of lead.

Things are heating up in the US election home straight but news don't stop elsewhere. Lots today.

No Man's Land is an ungoverned strip of riverbank between Thailand and Myanmar, where a unique market thrives, selling everything from vapes to bootleg alcohol.

The draft resolution called for an immediate and permanent end to fighting, as a humanitarian crisis grips the enclave that is home to more than 2 million people.

A soccer coach kidnapped in Yemen has appeared in a video recording saying his captors demand the Australian government pay a ransom for his release

Prosecutors in Minnesota said they had charged the police officer who fatally shot Philando Castile during a routine traffic stop.

Pakistani jets and ground forces have killed 67 militants near the Afghan border, days after a Taliban school massacre.

The captain of a TransAsia Airways ATR plane that crashed in Taiwan in February, killing 43 people, had switched off the working engine after the other lost power, the Aviation Safety Council (ASC) confirmed on Thursday in its latest report.

Victoria's notorious globetrotting bikie boss Amad "Jay" Malkoun has found himself at the centre of the violent abduction and murder of a former Sydney Hells Angels member in Thailand.

Indonesian police failed to arrest another terrorist group suspected of assembling a bomb with a house in West Sumatra found deserted during a raid this week.

Jakarta's embattled governor was interrogated by police on Monday amid fears civil unrest is being fomented to destabilise President Joko Widodo.

US President Donald Trump's tweets accusing Germany of owing the United States "vast sums of money" for NATO have been rejected, with German Defence Minister questioning Mr Trump's understanding of NATO finances.

A software glitch caused incorrect prices to be listed for a short period of time on Amazon.co.uk, the company says.

One of Jakarta's most notorious red light districts since the days of Dutch colonialism - ended with an army of bulldozers.

Experts believe the snow algae may be a marker of climate change but also that their rise could hasten the shrinking of glaciers and snow caps.