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

One week after Trump scored an upset victory that took him by surprise, his team was improvising the most basic traditions of assuming power.

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.

Dark times call for dark humour, especially in Russia, where wags are saying the rouble has now fallen below the psychologically important threshold of "I no longer give a damn".

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

Three explosions hit Istanbul's main international airport on Tuesday, killing dozens, in the latest in a string of attacks in Turkey's biggest city this year.

An American woman was killed and an Australian was among those injured in a mass stabbing attack in central London. 

"Don't get lost because you find obstacles — because there will always be obstacles," Giuseppe Paterno said after the ceremony.

A raft of new polls show most Americans oppose a border wall and blame Trump and his Republican colleagues, rather than Democrats, for the government shutdown.

The sudden removal of James Comey as director of the FBI sparked immediate fears for bureau's probe into possible collusion between the Kremlin and Trump.

The same weapons were used in attacks on the Israeli embassy in Athens on Friday and on the German ambassador's residence a year ago, Greek authorities say.

At least five people were killed in shootings at three locations in suburban Philadelphia and a manhunt was under way for the killer.

North Korea on Monday asked the United Nations Security Council to add the issue of torture by the US Central Intelligence Agency to its agenda and to establish an investigation to ensure those responsible are held to account for human rights abuses.

The torch-lit images of the march in Charlottesville revealed scores of men like William Fears: clean-cut, unashamed and young - very young. Who were they?

Malcolm Turnbull has arrived in Jakarta as the government continues to melt the diplomatic freeze imposed after the Bali Nine executions.

A South African court has sentenced eight former police officers to 15 years each for killing a Mozambican taxi driver by dragging him handcuffed to a police truck and assaulting him in custody.

Risking China's ire, Japan has switched on a permanent intelligence gathering post close to Taiwan and a group of disputed islands in the East China Sea.

Government puts starving people ahead of looking after wildlife.

The US has a new Christmas tradition. Wealthy "secret Santas" are popping up across the country and paying off toyshop bills to spread festive cheer and help struggling families.

New Yorkers, no strangers to terror attacks and living with the threat, woke up to beefed up security following the Sydney hostage crisis.

As funerals began for the 148 victims of the Pakistani Taliban attack on a school in Peshawar, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif vowed to crush the insurgents and lifted a moratorium on the death penalty.

Sri Lanka's cricketers seal the one-day series against England with a 90-run win in the sixth match at Pallakele.

Sales of macadamias have surged nearly 1200 per cent after a Korean Air Lines executive delayed a plane over an incident now dubbed "nut rage".

Police officer Michael Brelo told investigators he couldn't remember standing on the bonnet and firing 15 rounds into the windshield.

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".