Indonesian President Joko Widodo thanked Malcolm Turnbull for Australia's assistance fighting the forest fires when he arrived in Jakarta on Thursday.

Veteran China watchers are debating what is behind this latest police action as Xi Jinping appears to be reinforcing his power.

Granting autonomy to rebel-held regions would be "a road to realisation of Putin's plan for destroying Ukraine", critic says.

The most common cause of death by selfie worldwide was falling from a building or mountain.

A senior editor at one of Hong Kong's most prestigious newspapers has been fired after the publication of a front page devoted to a single story: the offshore holdings uncovered by the Panama Papers of some of the city's tycoons, celebrities and politicians.

The gunmen who entered a school in Peshawar, Pakistan, hunted down students hiding under desks, a victim who survived says.

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.

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

China is considering aggressive new curbs on coal consumption as it accelerates efforts to transform its economy and tackle climate change, moves that could further dent revenue for Australia's commodities.

South Korea's largest online shopping retailer says macadamia nut sales jumped 20 times following an airline exec's "nut rage" outburst.

A Channel Nine employee implored disgraced NSW Labor government powerbroker Eddie Obeid to use his Lebanon connection to help secure the release of the 60 Minutes crew jailed in Beirut.

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

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

New free trade deal will pave the way for more Australians to live and work in Britain once international borders reopen.

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 ...

It makes little practical difference but US labeling of ISIS as genocidal is important symbolically.

Boxing legend Muhammad Ali, who has suffered from Parkinson's Disease for three decades, was in a stable condition after being hospitalised with a "mild" case of pneumonia, his spokesman said on Saturday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned Hong Kong and Macau to remember they are part of "one China", as pro-democracy campaigners in both semi-autonomous territories call for free leadership elections.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the United States on Sunday to seek a better deal to curb Iran's nuclear program and said he would press American regulators not to give Tehran "a free path to the bomb".

Than Shwe, the 82-year-old former army general believed to be still enormously influential behind the scenes in Myanmar's powerful army, ordered the construction of a new capital in malarial jungle on a precise date and time in 2005.