Russia's president Vlamdimir Putin has shocked with his assertion on US television that Jews may have corrupted the American democratic process.

An inconclusive outcome from the first Colombian election since a decades-long guerilla conflict ended and the combatants were brought into the political tent.

The Chinese government has released rare details of its ambitious targets for space exploration.

A helicopter has crashed into New York's East River killing five people on board.

Stormy Daniels, the porn star who claims an affair with President Trump, on Monday offered to give back the $130,000 payment to Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen.

Stormy Daniels, the porn star who claims an affair with President Trump, on Monday offered to give back the $130,000 payment to Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen.

President Donald Trump said he would wait for the courts to rule before acting on raising the minimum age for some gun purchases, putting off one of the more contentious gun safety measures he had backed after the latest US school shooting.

President Donald Trump said he would wait for the courts to rule before acting on raising the minimum age for some gun purchases, putting off one of the more contentious gun safety measures he had backed after the latest US school shooting.

Two people were taken to hospital as a precaution, as detectives investigated a suspect package at Britain’s parliament, police said in a statement on Monday.

Two people were taken to hospital as a precaution, as detectives investigated a suspect package at Britain’s parliament, police said in a statement on Monday.

A prominent Israeli rabbi says he has ended his involvement in the case of Malka Leifer.

A prominent Israeli rabbi says he has ended his involvement in the case of Malka Leifer.

 A passenger plane has swerved, crashed and burst into flames as it landed at Kathmandu airport in Nepal, killing at least 38 people.

 A passenger plane has swerved, crashed and burst into flames as it landed at Kathmandu airport in Nepal, killing at least 38 people.

A selection of photographs from around the world by Fairfax picture editors.

A selection of photographs from around the world by Fairfax picture editors.

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.

British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Monday it was "highly likely" that Moscow was responsible for the poisoning in England of a former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.

A grandson of cult leader Charles Manson has won the bizarre California court battle for the killer's corpse

"For seven weeks now, Afrin has been bombed and shelled without mercy."

Republicans also found the Russian government did pursue "active measures" to interfere in the election, but not with the intention of helping Trump.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's government is closer to collapse after his junior coalition partner called for early elections amid a corruption scandal.

Confiscating the Mayfair penthouses of Russian kleptocrats may be the most effective and most achievable way to revenge Skripal's poisoning.

On March 2, a 39-year-old man in north-east Austin was killed after a package on his front porch exploded, police said.