US President Donald Trump has raised the prospect of imposing large-scale US sanctions on Russia, and he has called on Russia and Ukraine to get on with negotiating a peace deal.
More than 240,000 homes are without power and over a dozen defence force personnel were injured in a truck accident as a tropical storm continues to lash Australia's eastern coast.
Actor Gene Hackman was in an advanced state of Alzheimer's and died of heart disease and other factors likely days after his wife, Betsy Arakawa, died of a rare syndrome spread by mice.
Millions of Australians have been warned to stay vigilant as ex-tropical cyclone Alfred crosses on to the mainland, with the worst of the heavy rain and flash flooding still to come.
The Pope has sent his first audio message since being hospitalised for double pneumonia nearly three weeks ago, expressing thanks "from the bottom of my heart" to well-wishers worldwide.
The number of people injured after South Korean fighter jets accidentally dropped bombs on a civilian area has increased to 15 civilians and 14 soldiers, the country's defence ministry has confirmed.
President Donald Trump has exempted goods from both Canada and Mexico under a North American trade pact for a month from the 25% tariffs that he had imposed earlier this week.
Eight people have been injured in South Korea after bombs dropped by an Air Force jet landed in a civilian district, damaging houses and a church during military exercises.
Hong Kong's top court has unanimously overturned convictions of three former members of a pro-democracy group that organised a candlelight vigil to mark China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.
Australia is bracing for a rare east coast tropical cyclone that is swirling towards Brisbane and authorities are urging residents in flood-prone suburbs to evacuate soon.
President Donald Trump has hailed a deal led by US firm BlackRock to buy most of the ports business of a Hong Kong conglomerate which includes assets along the Panama Canal.
US President Donald Trump took victory lap in an address to Congress, drawing catcalls and interruptions from some Democratic lawmakers who held up signs and walked out mid-speech in protest.