A Pirelli calendar girl who won £75 million ($130 million) from her former husband is likely to have the settlement delayed after he died.

Across Australia and the world, the drone market is surging. It is dominated by one company. China’s Da-Jiang Innovations, which controls 70 per cent of the world’s supply. 

The fish and game commission member killed a giraffe, leopard, impala, sable antelope, waterbuck, kudu, warthog, gemsbok (oryx) and eland in Namibia.

Alan Sugar, a British Lord, revealed on Twitter that he had secured one of the estimated 30 seats on an Emirates flight from London this week.

Shimon Peres was honoured as a father, husband, leader of vision, and above all, a man of peace.

In a battle of new-look men's hockey teams, Germany beat Australia 3-2 to reach the final of the Champions Trophy in India.

A software glitch caused incorrect prices to be listed for a short period of time on Amazon.co.uk, the company says.

The field of Republican contenders for the White House in 2016 remains open.

The Herald's picture editors showcase the best images from around the globe.

Weary migrants fleeing from the conflict in Syria and Libya, or the economic desperation in some African nations, were welcomed to Austria with a round of applause from hundreds of locals, and a banner reading: "Refugees Welcome - Open Borders".

Beirut: Lawyers negotiating on behalf of jailed Australian woman Sally Faulkner and her estranged Lebanese-American husband have failed to reach agreement, leaving Ms Faulkner as well as a Nine Network news crew in a Lebanese jail facing kidnapping charges.

An EgyptAir plane has disappeared from radar on a flight between France and Egypt, the airline has confirmed.

The streets of Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen are a rainbow of yellow, blue, teal, green, orange, red and more, as up to 20 rival bike sharing start-ups vie for the attention

Three explosions hit Istanbul's main international airport on Tuesday, killing dozens, in the latest in a string of attacks in Turkey's biggest city this year.

Seven-year sentence for rights advocate, as court convicts third activist in as many days amid crackdown.

Things are heating up in the US election home straight but news don't stop elsewhere. Lots today.

An Australian woman has died after falling 300 metres off a mountain in New Zealand's Aoraki-Mt Cook National Park.

Civil rights activist and one-time slave Harriet Tubman will replace slave-holding former President Andrew Jackson on the $US 20 bill, becoming the first African-American woman to be featured on the face of US paper currency in more than a century.

Taliban insurgents have killed at least 140 people, most of them children, after storming an army-run school in Pakistan. Warning: images may be disturbing.

Sea Shepherd activists could be liable for up to $US2 million in costs after being found in contempt of court for anti-whaling actions.

A teenage girl has died in India after being thrown from a moving bus by a group of men who were sexually assaulting her.

Cairo is the world's most dangerous megacity for women while London is the best and Tokyo is the safest, according to new research.

New Zealand may have its Schapelle Corby — a man accused of smuggling drugs into Bali who insists he is innocent and has been set up by others.

The end of the United States' embargo on Cuba was inevitable, says Marco, who in 1993 fled Fidel Castro's regime on a raft.

Potential 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton knows a political gift when she sees one.