The plunge in value of Russia's rouble has raised fears the nuclear superpower could fall into an economic recession, sparking unrest.

Husband, mother and her teenage son had performed together in musical trio.

Eddie Jones is the first foreign coach to take charge of the England national rugby team.

Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has declared "a state of lawlessness" after a bomb ripped through a popular night market in his home southern city of Davao, killing 14 people and wounding 67 others.

Another week in Washington – and what could possibly go wrong?

As a lone Aussie flag hung in the cool evening air, hundreds took to the streets that were home to Justine Damond.

Marcos family members have enjoyed a remarkable political comeback in recent years.

Until the Iraqi government delivers on critical security and judicial reform, IS and groups like it cannot be vanquished.

Jarryd Hayne has made an inauspicious start dropping the ball on his first touch for the 49ers in regular season play against the Vikings.

Aid groups expect more than 200,000 people to flee Mosul in the early stages of the battle.

Bangalore: Authorities in southern India have arrested a 24-year-old man who ran a Twitter account that glorified the so-called Islamic State militant group.

A Toronto man stole the identities of 38,000 people in a massive credit card fraud scheme described by prosecutors as high-tech bank robbery.

US President Barack Obama met Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Wednesday to seek joint action on security threats including Iran and Islamic State.

Terrorism's idiocy defies rational appraisal but Germany has been somewhat immune to radicalism of the Islamic variety.

Drone strikes and other "targeted killings" of terrorist and insurgent leaders favoured by the US and supported by Australia can strengthen extremist groups and be counterproductive, according to a secret CIA report published by WikiLeaks.

Ferocious fighters, the Pakistani Taliban are loosely aligned with other terrorist forces across Afghanistan and Pakistan. But who really are they and why do they shoot children?

North Korea has said it is preparing to put a new satellite into orbit, using a rocket that is widely seen as an intercontinental ballistic missile in the making.

A little-known legal case being decided half a world away from the South China Sea could have a big impact on escalating tensions in the region.

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.

Kwon Pil-ju is trying desperately to teach herself English before she is reunited in the coming weeks with a son she sent away almost 40 years ago.