Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff dies
Jimmy Cliff, the legendary Jamaican singer who along with Bob Marley popularized reggae, ska and rocksteady music over a six decade career, has died
Search for missing Aussie boy resumes
Mine shafts focus as search for missing Aussie boy resumes
A new search for a missing four-year-old boy is about to ramp up two months after he vanished from his family's remote outback farmhouse.
Fifty kidnapped students escape in Nigeria
Fifty kidnapped students escape in Nigeria
Fifty of the more than 300 students kidnapped from a Nigerian Catholic school last week have escaped and have been reunited with their parents, the Catholic Church and Christian...
Massive clean-up as tropical cyclone moves on
Massive clean-up in Australia's Top End as tropical cyclone moves on
Thousands remain without power and a stack of schools are closed, but Top Enders have been spared serious injuries and significant damage from tropical cyclone Fina.
US lauds Ukraine peace talks but major hurdles remain
US lauds Ukraine peace talks but major hurdles remain
The US says it has made significant progress on crafting a plan to end the war in Ukraine during talks on Sunday but no agreement was reached on how to guarantee Kyiv's security amid concerns about the threat posed by Russia.
Israeli strike kills Hezbollah official despite truce
Israeli strike kills Hezbollah official despite truce
Israel killed militant group Hezbollah's top military official in an airstrike on a southern suburb of Beirut on Sunday, the Israeli military said, despite a US-brokered truce a year ago.
Uneasy climate deal sidesteps fossil fuels
Uneasy climate deal sidesteps fossil fuels
Brazil's COP30 presidency has pushed through a compromise climate deal boosting finance for poor nations coping with global warming, but omitting any mention of fossil fuels driving it.
Nigeria gunmen kidnap over 200 Catholic school students
Nigeria gunmen kidnap over 200 Catholic school students
Friday's incident in Niger state is the largest mass kidnapping of school children since March 2024.
Ukraine's 'difficult choice' over peace plan
Ukraine's 'difficult choice' over peace plan
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has warned Ukraine risks losing its dignity and freedom - or Washington’s backing - over a US peace plan that endorses key Russian demands.
Kids seriously hurt in bear attack
Kids seriously hurt in bear attack
A grizzly bear has attacked a school group on a walking trail in Canada, seriously injuring three children and one adult.
Darwin braces for impact as tropical cyclone bears down
Darwin braces for impact as tropical cyclone bears down
The first cyclone of the season is threatening northern Australia, triggering commonwealth assistance as the Top End bunkers down.
'Quiet, piggy': White House defends Trump's response to Epstein question
'Quiet, piggy': White House defends Trump's response to Epstein question
The White House has defended President Donald Trump after he called a female reporter "piggy" as she questioned him about the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, saying the president's remarks reflected his frankness and transparency.
Fire forces evacuation at COP30 summit in Brazil
Fire forces evacuation at COP30 summit in Brazil
Talks at the COP30 climate summit in Brazil were disrupted after a fire broke out in the venue, triggering an evacuation as negotiators were hunkering down to try to land a deal to strengthen international climate efforts.
Deadly Israeli strikes put fragile ceasefire in balance
Deadly Israeli strikes put fragile ceasefire in balance
Israeli airstrikes have killed another five people in Gaza today, a day after 25 were killed as Hamas and Israel accuse each other of violating an increasingly fragile near six-week-old truce.
Zelenskiy ready to work on US-backed plan to end war
Zelenskiy ready to work on US-backed plan to end war
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said after talks with a top US Army official he was ready to work with Washington on a plan to end the war in Ukraine, and he expects to discuss it with President Trump in the coming days.
Damning report condemns UK's Covid response
Damning report condemns UK's Covid response
Former British prime minister Boris Johnson oversaw a toxic, chaotic and dithering response to the Covid pandemic, a report by a public inquiry has concluded.
Japan's largest urban fire in decades tears through 170 buildings
Japan's largest urban fire in decades tears through 170 buildings
A fire that ripped through more than 170 buildings and killed one person in a southern Japanese coastal city is the country's largest urban blaze in almost half a century.
Aussie teens warned their social media days are numbered
Aussie teens warned their social media days are numbered
Australians aged under 16 are being warned they have two weeks until their accounts are scrubbed from several popular social media platforms.
20 million years of kissing
20 million years of kissing
Kissing didn't begin with star-crossed human lovers but with the primate ancestors of great apes around 20 million years ago, a new study says.
‘Things happened, but he knew nothing...’
‘Things happened, but he knew nothing...’
US President Donald Trump says Saudi's crown prince knew nothing about the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents, offering a fierce defence that contradicts a US intelligence assessment.