Updated | Six dead, eight wounded in Sydney knife attack
The 40 year-old attacker was shot dead at the scene while attempting to attack a police officer
OJ Simpson dead at 76 after battle with cancer
The former football superstar, later a murder suspect in ‘the trial of the century’, died on 10 April surrounded by his children and grandchildren
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...

New Ukraine ceasefire due to come into force

A truce between government forces and pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine...

A truce between government forces and pro-Russian rebels in...

Donald Trump renews attacks on media, courts in ‘rally for America’

US President says media do not want to report the truth and insists he would 'not let them get away with it'

US President says media do not want to report the truth and...

Iraqi military launches offensive on west Mosul

Iraqi Prime Minister announces army offensive to retain ISIL’s last major...

Iraqi Prime Minister announces army offensive to retain...

Malaysia hunting for four North Korean suspects over Kim Jong Nam murder

Malaysian police say four North Korean suspects flew out of country the day Kim Jong-Un’s half-brother was murdered, but police won’t reveal the...

Malaysian police say four North Korean suspects flew out of...

Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders calls Moroccans ‘scum’

Leader of the populist Freedom Party tells supporters to ‘make the...

Leader of the populist Freedom Party tells supporters to...

'The time has come to do more,' US Vice President tells NATO allies

Mike Pence tells security conference “some of our largest allies do not...

Mike Pence tells security conference “some of our...

One dead, 20 injured as train derails in Belgium

The accident happened as the train was departing Leuven for Brussels

The accident happened as the train was departing Leuven for...