WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will hear on Wednesday whether his legal bid to stop action against him for breaching bail has been successful.

A cyberattack caused the internet disruptions during the Winter Olympics' opening ceremony last Friday night, Olympic officials and security experts said.

Kim Yo-jong, the sister of the despot Kim Jong Un, is being treated as if she were one of the Spice Girls.

A former ASIC investigator has told the Federal Court in Brisbane he was warned not to "go into the darkness" while probing Pearls fraud claims in India

Lawyer Ben Brafman, known as 'the last of the big time defence attorneys', has been hired to Weinstein to defend civil rights law suit.

Lawyer Ben Brafman, known as 'the last of the big time defence attorneys', has been hired to Weinstein to defend civil rights law suit.

Lawyer Ben Brafman, known as 'the last of the big time defence attorneys', has been hired to Weinstein to defend civil rights law suit.

President Donald Trump said on Monday that US aid expenditures in the Middle East were "a mistake," both undercutting a round of complicated diplomacy in Arab capitals and underscoring his rising frustration at the dwindling chances of a Middle East peace deal.

South African President Jacob Zuma was presented with two options by his party Monday: Resign within 48 hours or face dismissal.

​Tonga's neighbours are rushing to deliver emergency relief after Cyclone Gita tore across the Pacific island nation in the middle of the night, flattening the parliament, tearing roofs off homes and causing widespread flooding.

A Sydney man accused of overseeing a multi-million dollar Australian drug syndicate is set to be extradited from Thailand seven years after skipping bail in South Australia.

A UK judge has thrown out Assange's bid to have an arrest warrant overturned and scolded him for wanting "justice only if it goes in his favour".

A deputy chief of staff moved on. A speechwriter resigned. The associate attorney general quit. The chief of staff offered to leave. And that was just Friday.

South Africa's ruling African National Congress party has recalled President Jacob Zuma, leaving South Africans waiting to see whether the president will abide by the party's decision and hand in his resignation.

As the midterm elections approach, Russia is likely to throw more propaganda at Americans, the top US intelligence officials said on Tuesday.

Our instructions – only in Portuguese – include how we must dress, how we must behave, and how we must respect the hierarchy of the school during the parade.

Dutch Foreign Minister quit after admitting that he had lied about attending a meeting in 2006 where Putin outlined a strategy for building a greater Russia.

An international student who stabbed a man in his Melbourne home has been linked to a terrorist organisation by her sister in Bangladesh.

Oxfam, one of the best-known NGOs, is facing increasing international pressure over concerns about "a culture of sexual abuse" involving aid workers.

Leaders to meet to decide on Queen's successor as head of organisation, as the title is not hereditary

Passengers heard a loud bang and felt the plane shake violently. By the time the plane touched down safely in Honolulu around 40 minutes later, the engine was bare.

A new plan from the ruling party has alarmed activists and opposition members in a state that is already vigorously suppressing dissent.

Fireworks were discovered in China 2000 years ago. Now comes a cracker for the times - low-emission and environmentally friendly, and on sale in Beijing.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be indicted in two corruption cases, police recommended on Tuesday.

Four Russian nationals, and perhaps dozens more, were killed in fighting between pro-government forces in eastern Syria and members of the US-led coalition.