Three people have been killed in unrest in New Caledonia, officials say, as rioting continued after France approved changes to voting rules in the Pacific island.
Gunmen ambushed a prison van in France on Tuesday to free a drug dealer, killing two prison guards, severely wounding three and triggering a major police manhunt.
A bus carrying farm labourers in northern Florida collided with a pickup truck and overturned, killing at least eight people and critically injuring eight others, authorities say.
A court will be told more about the movements of Charlise Mutten's mother and alleged killer in the days before her disappearance in the Blue Mountains.
Donald Trump's former fixer Michael Cohen told jurors the Republican presidential candidate personally approved a hush money payment to bury a porn star's story of a sexual encounter.
David McBride will appeal his nearly six-year prison term after he was sentenced for leaking classified documents that revealed alleged Australian war crimes.
Army crews in Baltimore have set off controlled explosions to remove a portion of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge from the bow of a massive container ship that toppled the span in March.
Israeli tanks, under cover of heavy fire, have pushed further into Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, residents and Hamas media say, while tanks and troops crossed a key highway on the outskirts of Rafah in the south.
Dozens of students walked out of Duke University's commencement ceremony to protest its guest speaker, comedian Jerry Seinfeld, who has supported Israel throughout the war in Gaza.
A British climber and a Nepali guide have broken their own records for most climbs of Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain, hiking officials said on Sunday.
A former High Court chief justice will investigate the possibility of imposing an Australian-first ban on children under 14 having social media accounts.
Victoria's tobacco wars show no signs of abating, with two stores in Melbourne's northwest suffering extensive fire damage after suspected targeted attacks.