A US navy strike group will be moving towards the western Pacific Ocean near the Korean peninsula as a show of force as concerns grow about North Korea's advancing weapons program.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition cruised to a big election win on Sunday, but feeble turnout could weaken his claim of a mandate for policies including reflationary steps to revive the economy.

Many voters in Srinagar have put aside the issue of Kashmiri independence to halt the rise of the Bharatiya Janata Party of Hindu nationalists in state assembly districts.

Queenslander Julian Wilson has clinched surfing's Triple Crown title by beating new world champion Gabriel Medina in the Pipeline Masters final.

Activist group Sea Shepherd is considering an appeal over a contempt of court finding that could see it ordered to pay compensation to Japanese whalers.

The US Supreme Court found the gifts to Virginia governor Bob McDonnell and his family distasteful, but all perfectly legal.

Two days after an imam and his assistant were gunned down after afternoon prayers in Queens, the police said late Monday that a man they had in custody had been charged in the killings.

Who is is the self-exiled and hermit-like US resident who pulls the strings of a movement blamed by Turkey's president for an attempted coup?

Israel has admitted that two of its citizens have been missing in Gaza for months amid signs it was attempting to negotiate with Hamas for their release.

Palestinians and Israelis took to calling Trump's promised solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict the "deal of the century". It looks different now.

The Scandinavian nation wants to de-segregate its migrant ghettos by capping the number of non-European residents allowed to live in any neighbourhood.

Of all the stadiums, conference centres and other venues commandeered for the rollout, this one is by far the most unique.

A massacre in a riverside village called Tula Toli has emerged as the most horrific atrocity in Myanmar's Rakhine State since security forces there launched a brutal offensive against Rohingya Muslim civilians in late August.

A jury on Friday found the Minnesota police officer who fatally shot a black motorist during a traffic stop last year not guilty.

WikiLeaks head Julian Assange has hinted he may run for the UK parliament in June's snap election.

Four gunmen took a man hostage in an apartment in the Belgian city of Ghent on Monday, officials said, adding there was no initial evidence linking the assault to a jihadist organisation.

The Wallabies have knocked over Argentina to take the battle for the Rugby Championship title to the deciding match against the All Blacks.

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

Beijing security firm Knownsec Information Technology reported on Monday that Chinese organisations suffered an average of 800 million cyber attacks daily in 2018.

Chinese authorities have warned the deadly disease appears to be intensifying, as the first death confirmed in Hainan province.

Anwar Ibrahim has won back a seat in Malaysia's parliament. But he should not rush to replace Mahathir Mohamad.

The final unlocking of England’s economy has been delayed because of a resurgence in coronavirus due to the more transmissible Delta variant.

The two remaining refugees Australia sent to Cambodia under a controversial $55 million resettlement scheme feel abandoned and betrayed.

In telling other peoples' stories, 60 Minutes prides itself on being front-footed.

Derby the dog is an advertisement for the astonishing versatility of 3-D printing.