He went ahead with a novel idea, getting local artists to paint a wall and hand hooks and shelves. Then they waited.

Sir Richard Branson has quietly shelved an ambitious plan to pilot a submarine to the deepest points of the world's five oceans.

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

British airports were plunged into chaos on Friday by a technical failure that forced authorities to restrict access to the country's airspace, the National Air Traffic Service (NATS) said.

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.

US President Barack Obama not only made a little news at his annual year-end news conference on Friday, he appears to have made history.

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

Australia's Justice Minister directly raised with China's top police official the government's concerns regarding four Australians detained on the mainland.

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

One week after Trump scored an upset victory that took him by surprise, his team was improvising the most basic traditions of assuming power.

The rare and flawless "Blue Moon" diamond" has sold for 48.6 million Swiss francs ($48.4 million$67.8 million - to a Hong Kong buyer, setting a world record for a gemstone at auction, Sotheby's said

The jailing of an American student demonstrates the power of propaganda in North Korea.

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.

Russian leader warned Romania and Poland for hosting elements of a US missile shield that Moscow considers a threat to its security.

The Hague tribunal has found China has no "historic title" over waters in the South China Sea.

We're verging on a new stage in our experience of war, where it is almost a live spectacle.

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

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.

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.

Pakistani jets and ground forces have killed 67 militants near the Afghan border, days after a Taliban school massacre.

First there's a point on the horizon, then you start making out bodies, then you start making out faces.

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

Despite deploying hundreds of officers, German police have been unable to find a Syrian refugee suspected of planning a bomb attack.

A 70-year-old crime fighting mayor who boasts about his womanising and praises the extrajudicial killings of drug dealers has emerged as a leading contender for the Philippine presidency.