Northeast Australia in grip of Cyclone Debbie
A powerful cyclone carrying winds of up to 280km/h has made landfall in Queensland, Australia
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny jailed after protest
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been fined and sentenced to 15 days in prison for resisting police orders during mass protests on Sunday
Turkey jails Kurdish Opposition leader

Selahattin Demirtas jailed for five months for 'denigrating the Turkish nation, the Turkish Republic and the state institutions' 

Selahattin Demirtas jailed for five months for...

German poll shows Social Democrats still hard on heels of Merkel's conservatives

Germany’s centre-left Social Democrats are trailing Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives, an opinion poll showed on Tuesday, after a different...

Germany’s centre-left Social Democrats are trailing...

Donald Trump expands crackdown on undocumented immigrants

US President Donald Trump has laid the groundwork for potentially...

US President Donald Trump has laid the groundwork for...

Netanyahu blasts UN 'hypocrisy', Australian PM opposes 'one-sided resolutions'

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull offered a staunch defence of Israel with his criticism of the United Nations, vowing never to support...

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull offered a...

France's Macron vows during UK visit to learn from Cameron's Brexit mistakes

Emmanuel Macron, the centrist candidate for the French presidency, has vowed his campaign will learn from the mistakes of David Cameron’s Brexit and...

Emmanuel Macron, the centrist candidate for the French...

Berlin Christmas market attack: Victims’ relatives bemoan authorities’ negligence

Families tell German president they feel abandoned and express dismay that official memorial service has not been planned

Families tell German president they feel abandoned and...

74 dead asylum-seekers wash up on Libyan beach from boat with no engine

The bodies of 74 asylum-seekers who drowned in the Mediterranean trying to reach Europe have washed up on a beach west of the Libyan capital

The bodies of 74 asylum-seekers who drowned in the...

France arrests three on suspicion of planning attack

Three people have been arrested in France on suspicion of plotting a terrorism...

Three people have been arrested in France on suspicion of...

Updated | Suicide bombers kill five outside court in north-west Pakistan

Suicide bombers attacked a court complex in Pakistan, killing a number of people, in the latest incident in a new surge of violence

Suicide bombers attacked a court complex in Pakistan,...

Gambia releases 171 prisoners as President commits to end human rights abuses

The Gambia's new President Adama Barrow has begun his tenure by releasing all prisoners who were detained without a trial under his predecessor

The Gambia's new President Adama Barrow has begun...

South Sudan suffering 'man-made' famine

A famine has been declared in parts of South Sudan, the first to be announced in any part of the world in six years

A famine has been declared in parts of South Sudan, the...

Donald Trump picks outspoken Lt Gen McMaster as new national security advisor

US President Donald Trump has named Lieutenant General Herbert Raymond McMaster as his national security adviser

US President Donald Trump has named Lieutenant General...

[WATCH] Five die as plane crashes into Melbourne shopping centre

A plane that crashed into a shopping centre near Essendon airport...

A plane that crashed into a shopping centre near Essendon...

French far-right presidential candidate's headquarters raided by police

Front National dismisses police search as ‘media operation whose goal is to disturb course of presidential campaign’

Front National dismisses police search as ‘media...

Italy's Matteo Renzi resigns as party chief

Matteo Renzi has resigned as head of Italy’s ruling Democratic party,...

Matteo Renzi has resigned as head of Italy’s ruling...

Malaysia recalls North Korea envoy as Kim killing row deepens

Malaysia has recalled its envoy to Pyongyang in an escalating row over the...

Malaysia has recalled its envoy to Pyongyang in an...

UK Home Office agrees to review child refugees asylum claims in France

The British government has announced it will review asylum applications from child refugees in France, less than two weeks after its early closure of the Dubs...

The British government has announced it will review asylum...

Iraqi government launches new offensive on west Mosul

Iraqi government forces have resumed their push towards western Mosul, the last...

Iraqi government forces have resumed their push towards...