The policy has been derided as a "gag rule" by abortion rights supporters and medical groups, and it is likely to trigger lawsuits that could keep it from taking effect.

US President Donald Trump has threatened North Korean leader Kim Jong-un with "decimation", unless Kim agrees to denuclearise the Korean peninsula.

US President Donald Trump has threatened North Korean leader Kim Jong-un with "decimation", unless Kim agrees to denuclearise the Korean peninsula.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding cake has taken six bakers five days to prepare and breaks with tradition, according to its designer Claire Ptak.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding cake has taken six bakers five days to prepare and breaks with tradition, according to its designer Claire Ptak.

A Chinese school has installed facial recognition technology to monitor how attentive students are in class.

A Chinese school has installed facial recognition technology to monitor how attentive students are in class.

Almost two thirds of Britain will have a normal Saturday rather than watch Harry and Meghan's wedding, says survey commissioned by republicans.

Congo has confirmed a case of Ebola in Mbandaka, a city of 1.2 million, marking the first urban case in the latest outbreak of the disease.

US President Trump said Chinese President Xi "could be influencing" North Korean leader Kim after his regime abruptly shifted on summit talk.

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One male is in custody and a second male has been detained, local authorities said. Both are students are the school.

Royal observers offer their opinions on how this thoroughly modern princess will enhance the brand.

After 70 years of dispossession, it is time for the most basic democratic right to be extended to Palestinians - one person, one vote.

The chilling family bombings in Indonesia's second-largest city have implications that could ripple across the world.

The Palestinian story of 1948 is untold history in Israel. Yet both Jews and Palestinians have equal right to sovereignty in their homeland.

The best royal stories are about transformations. A frog to a prince. A shy, frilly teenager to the People’s Princess. Today will be a double transformation.

She has publicly voiced an opinion on a number of issues that historically have been as welcome in British royal circles as wrinkles in Manhattan. 

Hype about an ancient institution is never going to help us, as a society, to progress.

Every time an Aussie visits the States, a restaurant-worker dies of malnutrition and poverty.

Markle is similar to Harry's mother. Diana was congenitally unable to maintain a formal distance, something that endeared her to ordinary people.

Markle is similar to Harry's mother. Diana was congenitally unable to maintain a formal distance, something that endeared her to ordinary people.

Australia and the US were the only countries to vote against a United Nations Human Rights Council decision to send a commission to investigate last week's killings.

Australia and the US were the only countries to vote against a United Nations Human Rights Council decision to send a commission to investigate last week's killings.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are set to tie the knot in Windsor tonight. Follow along for all the news, photos and reactions to the event of the year and the wedding of the decade.