In astonishing scenes, the ambassadors from 23 countries, including Australia, filed into an office one-by-one to receive the news from Russia.

A funeral service for Professor Stephen Hawking will include traditional religious themes when family and friends gather at a church on Saturday.

The Vatican has felt obliged to reaffirm that Pope Francis believes in a central tenet of Catholicism, that there is a hell.

Nearly all applicants for a visa to enter the United States will be asked to submit their social-media user names for the past five years under proposed rules.

The man collected cash payments from a foreign company to plot the attack and help the group develop weaponised drones.

The lander planned for launch May 5, will be the first spacecraft dedicated to studying the deep interior of the red planet and hopefully how Earth came to be.

GoJek has revolutionised personal transport in Jakarta, but its drivers are paid a pittance and they are fed up.

Hope Hicks has bid farewell to the White House and took a rare moment in the spotlight.

Slavery is a historical practice in Mauritania, which became the last country worldwide to legally abolish it in 1981.

A mass protest of thousands of Palestinians along the border with Israel, billed as peaceful by organisers, erupted in violence killing at least 15.

The Sarmat is intended to replace the Soviet-designed Voyevoda, the world's heaviest ICBM that is known as "Satan" in the West.

Spring break couldn't have come at a better time for Melania Trump.

Well-wishers filled the streets of Cambridge for the British physicist's funeral, as he was hailed as "an imprisoned mind roaming the cosmos".

The Vatican has felt obliged to reaffirm that Pope Francis believes in a central tenet of Catholicism, that there is a hell.

The recent suicide of a village girl after a campaign of stalking and harassment has thrown light on just how far women have yet to go in India.

In 1996, as a young conservationist, Lucy Farmer saw one of the last northern white Rhinos in the wild. She'll never forget it.

More than 50 British diplomats and other staff will be expelled from Russia, in a move claimed to establish parity with Russia's diplomatic mission in Britain.

More than 50 British diplomats and technical support staff will be expelled from Russia, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday, claiming the move will establish parity with Russia's diplomatic mission in Britain.

The death of a 19-year-old Palestinian in the Gaza Strip has provoked calls for an inquiry into Israel's response to protests staged to mark 'Land Day'.

The death of a 19-year-old Palestinian in the Gaza Strip has provoked calls for an inquiry into Israel's response to protests staged to mark 'Land Day'.

Five state police officials have been arrested over a riot and fire that killed 68 people in an overcrowded police station cell in Venezuela.

Polish politics and deep-rooted conservatism have created an environmental and public health emergency that puts the lives of millions at risk.

Polish politics and deep-rooted conservatism have created an environmental and public health emergency that puts the lives of millions at risk.

The Syrian army said the weeks-long military campaign to oust Islamist rebels had now brought security to the Syrian capital, Damascus.

The Syrian army said the weeks-long military campaign to oust Islamist rebels had now brought security to the Syrian capital, Damascus.