When the country's drug crackdown hit his supply and he found himself smoking what turned out to be candy, addict Ramson Donado decided to surrender.

Is this the explosive proof that will bring down Nine's Lebanese getaway?

Golden State Warriors centre Andrew Bogut has played his 568th NBA game to pass Luc Longley as the Australian to have racked up most NBA matches.

Five-year-old Julianna Snow, whose story about confronting terminal illness touched millions, has died at home in her mother's arms.

Poland's former president, Aleksander Kwasniewski, has admitted allowing the CIA to operate a "black site" prison in his country.

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The Church of England appointed its first ever female bishop on Wednesday, overturning centuries of tradition in a Church that has been deeply divided over the issue.

US President Barack Obama and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed a new era of friendship as they broke the deadlock on a long-stalled nuclear pact.

The Tongan church in Mangere where Jonah Lomu lived as a child will hold a public service to remember him.

Western Sydney claim to have reached an agreement in a pay dispute with players, ending the threat of a boycott at the Club World Cup in Morocco.

The draft resolution called for an immediate and permanent end to fighting, as a humanitarian crisis grips the enclave that is home to more than 2 million people.

The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor is already in Ukraine gathering evidence for a war crimes case against the Russian President and his troops.

The treaty organisation has traditionally focussed on the threat of Russia, but is increasingly concerned about China’s nuclear arsenal and lack of transparency.

A Philippine town mayor says more than 30 police commandos have been killed in a clash with Muslim rebels while hunting a top terror suspect in the south.

A diabetic passenger complained that she needed to eat, so they pulled the car over, a tour guide says. A helicopter that was supposed to be guarding them then opened fire, killing a dozen people.

The Republican presidential candidate was asked how it would be different from Jews having to register in Nazi Germany.

British monarch does much more than keep up appearances when many her age are long retired.

An ultra-nationalist Communist Party propaganda video with slick production values has gone wildly viral on the Chinese internet – while leaving foreign observers bemused.

A transgender woman who was sent to a male prison has been found dead.

Ukrainians mourn loved ones, clear up rubble and prepare for the next Russian attack.

Day one of the US-China talks was a decidedly undiplomatic affair. Rather than a trust-building exercise, it was a geo-political airing of grievances.

Russian state television is back on a war footing as a prime-time news program warns that the US wants to provoke a conflict.

Channel Nine will do another  piece on Sally Faulkner and the Beirut child snatch operation but the content has yet to be determined, a spokeswoman has confirmed.

US President Barack Obama has revealed his experiences of racism as protesters condemn the killings of unarmed black men by police.

The town of Rafah on the border of Israel and Egypt, has a history stretching back thousands of years to the time of the pharaohs. It began as settlement around an oasis at the point where the Sinai meets the Gaza Strip. In 1906, under British pressure, a border line was drawn between Egypt and the ...