As Pakistan begins to bury the dead after militants rampaged through an army-run school in Peshawar, killing more than 130 children images of the assailants have emerged, along with a warning of more slaughter to come from the Pakistani Taliban.

US President Barack Obama moved to prevent US anger at North Korea from spiraling out of control on Sunday by saying the massive hacking of Sony Pictures was not an act of war but instead was cyber-vandalism.

One of the United States' top universities mistakenly told applicants they had been accepted and later had to correct itself.

The Turnbull government has ratified the Paris climate agreement, formalising Australia's commitment to a global effort to curb carbon emissions and reduce the risk of dangerous climate change.

Rohingyas who have fled Myanmar have given graphic descriptions of killings, rapes and burning of homes by soldiers, fuelling fears of ethnic cleansing.

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US President Donald Trump says the latest round of UN sanctions on North Korea are only a very small step.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, who is facing federal investigations into his travel, political activity and potential conflicts of interest, will leave the administration at year's end, President Donald Trump said on Saturday.

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After nearly five years on the job, Office Amber Guyger has been fired for the shooting and for engaging in "adverse conduct" when she was arrested.

US air strikes have killed several Islamic State group leaders in northern Iraq, a US general says.

Stepping out of his legendary brother's shadow, President Raul Castro has scored a diplomatic triumph and a surge in popular support with the deal that ends decades of open hostility with the United States.

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.

Clash between protestors and police in Linshui in western Sichuan resulted in hundreds of injuries.

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.

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

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.

The captain of a TransAsia Airways ATR plane that crashed in Taiwan in February, killing 43 people, had switched off the working engine after the other lost power, the Aviation Safety Council (ASC) confirmed on Thursday in its latest report.

But Jakarta is planning to build separate jails that remove convicted drug offenders and terrorists from the general prison population.

Rafael Callejas pleaded guilty on Monday to US charges that he participated in bribery schemes that are under investigation at soccer's world governing body FIFA.

Tokyo: The death toll from earthquakes in southern Japan has risen to 41 after a magnitude 7.3 quake struck just 24 hours after a smaller one devastated the area.

Australia is to be invited to join a global, multi-billion-dollar fight against superbugs which are predicted to kill more people than cancer if left unchecked.

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

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

Our way of life is dying in many ways – not because of the oft-cited "demographic" changes, but because of economics, addiction and a steep decline in quality of life.