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.

French presidential hopeful Emmanuel Macron has claimed London for France, urging a packed rally of expat compatriots to return to their homeland – and bring the UK's bankers with them.

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.

The Hague tribunal has found China has no "historic title" over waters in the South China Sea.

An Australian woman has died after falling 300 metres off a mountain in New Zealand's Aoraki-Mt Cook National Park.

Civil rights activist and one-time slave Harriet Tubman will replace slave-holding former President Andrew Jackson on the $US 20 bill, becoming the first African-American woman to be featured on the face of US paper currency in more than a century.

Australia's Justice Minister directly raised with China's top police official the government's concerns regarding four Australians detained on the mainland.

A software glitch caused incorrect prices to be listed for a short period of time on Amazon.co.uk, the company says.

Taliban insurgents have killed at least 140 people, most of them children, after storming an army-run school in Pakistan. Warning: images may be disturbing.

Potential 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton knows a political gift when she sees one.

Sea Shepherd activists could be liable for up to $US2 million in costs after being found in contempt of court for anti-whaling actions.

He was interviewed by North Korea's official newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, and praised the country, in a report published this week, around the time he is believed to have been detained in Pyongyang.

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.

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

We're verging on a new stage in our experience of war, where it is almost a live spectacle.

Things are heating up in the US election home straight but news don't stop elsewhere. Lots today.

The rare and flawless "Blue Moon" diamond" has sold for 48.6 million Swiss francs ($48.4 million$67.8 million - to a Hong Kong buyer, setting a world record for a gemstone at auction, Sotheby's said

A 70-year-old crime fighting mayor who boasts about his womanising and praises the extrajudicial killings of drug dealers has emerged as a leading contender for the Philippine presidency.

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

Police are investigating a driver who uploaded an expletive-laden YouTube video in which she threatened to kill a group of cyclists in Hamilton, New Zealand.

The jailing of an American student demonstrates the power of propaganda in North Korea.

New Zealand may have its Schapelle Corby — a man accused of smuggling drugs into Bali who insists he is innocent and has been set up by others.

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

Pakistani jets and ground forces have killed 67 militants near the Afghan border, days after a Taliban school massacre.

Jakarta's embattled governor was interrogated by police on Monday amid fears civil unrest is being fomented to destabilise President Joko Widodo.