The siege in Sydney’s CBD and its terrible end received saturation coverage on American cable news, with at least one commentator lamenting Australia’s tough gun laws.

The head of Russia's influential Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, said on Sunday cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo were "childish" compared to offences it had dished out to Christians.

Declassified files have revealed new details of US government knowledge and support of an Indonesian army extermination campaign in the 1960s.

The Rio Olympics are yet to produce its final medal tally but one team has already claimed victory.

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Thailand's ousted PM says the junta has fined her $1.3 billion over a rice subsidy scheme critics say haemorrhaged billions of dollars.

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As Malcolm Turnbull prepares to embark on his first official visit to China as prime minister, some 60 Chinese community leaders in Australia gathered in Sydney urging him to watch his words when discussing the South China Sea in Beijing.

New free trade deal will pave the way for more Australians to live and work in Britain once international borders reopen.

A return to the seaside village of Unawatuna in Sri Lanka 10 years after it was devastated in the Boxing Day tsunami brought back good and bad memories for a Melbourne family.

Local sources say the crowd was protesting after Indonesian soldiers beat a 12-year-old boy, but Indonesia says that story is a fabrication, and the crowd 'ran amok'.

The weekend death of the northern white rhino Angalifu, 44, leaves only five of his kind in the world.

What was supposed to be on the trip of a lifetime for a pair of young Aussie backpackers has become a nightmare for the family of Rye Hunt, in the fortnight since he vanished in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

A little-known legal case being decided half a world away from the South China Sea could have a big impact on escalating tensions in the region.

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The mass killing in a church at the heart of African American history has reignited an old and bitter debate over the place of Confederate flag in the South

Israel said it had uncovered a new network of Jewish extremists in the West Bank that was responsible for several recent attacks against Palestinians, including the attempted arson of at least one home as people slept inside.

North Korean despot Kim Jong-un has been invited to next year visit Moscow on the 70th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany.

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Australian suspects may be involved in the booming Chinese meth trade.