The US official co-author of the contentious memo permitting water-boarding and other interrogation techniques, now seen as torture by many around the world, has conceded operatives might have "crossed the line".

A selection of photographs from around the world by Fairfax picture editors.

Cubans, weary of decades of isolation from the rest of the world, are relishing the rapprochement with the United States.

A local leader in Tanzania who had been accused of adultery has been attacked and beheaded by a gang of men, who then cooked some of his body parts, police say.

The mass killing in a church at the heart of African American history has reignited an old and bitter debate over the place of Confederate flag in the South

Five people are dead and eight have been injured after a shooting at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport.

Results are in for one of the most bitterly contested elections in Indonesia's recent history.

Ongoing record warmth in the world’s oceans has increased the likelihood that 2014 will be declared the hottest year since reliable data began more than a century ago, US and Japanese agencies say.

North Korean despot Kim Jong-un has been invited to next year visit Moscow on the 70th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany.

US intelligence officials have concluded that the North Korean government was "centrally involved" in the recent attacks on Sony Pictures' computers,

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has led a chorus of international leaders in condemning the attempted military coup in Turkey on Friday night.

Australia has warned Myanmar to respond to attacks on its security forces in a "measured way" as tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims flee violence in the country.

Dallas Police chief has stepped into America's fierce gun rights debate, officially expressing what many have been thinking.

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.

West Indies cricketers following-on after being all out for 201 shortly after tea on the third day at Centurion in reply to South Africa's 5(dec)-552.

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.

The Vatican said on Tuesday that Pope Francis will expand access to confession for abortion, but it was not immediately clear if the pope's comments were symbolic or a change in Catholic Church practice.

The release of a report on the CIA's mistreatment of terror suspects may spark a spate of court cases in several countries.

Hillary Clinton may be ahead in the race for the White House. But she is still seen by many Americans as a distasteful choice.

The world's first test-tube rhinos could be born from animals at a British safari park.

“How on earth can I offer up evidence for something where there is no evidence?” she said, her voice rising in anger during the brief, unscheduled conversation.

If this fight has taught us anything, it’s that Ukraine shouldn’t become more like the West.

FIFA has dismissed complaints made by whistleblowers, including an Australian, who were interviewed about the 2018 and 2020 World Cup bids.

Hong Kong property tycoon Thomas Kwok and the government's former deputy leader Rafael Hui have been found guilty of corruption in a blockbuster trial that shocked a city known for clean governance.

South Africa have enjoyed an easy time in the first Test against West Indies at Centurion, winning by an innings and 220 runs.