US Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has defended her record as a prosecutor and pledged to decriminalise marijuana as president as she aims to shore up support among black men.
Juvenile Chacma baboons play on a vehicle during a raid on refuse bins by a troop of Chacma baboons foraging in the residential neighbourhood of Capri in Cape Town, South Africa, yesterday.
North Korea has blown up sections of inter-Korean roads and rail lines on its side of the heavily fortified border between the two Koreas, prompting South Korea's military to fire warning shots.
Canada has expelled six Indian diplomats including the high commissioner, linking them to the murder of a Sikh separatist leader and alleging a broader effort to target Indian dissidents in Canada.
A SpaceX Starship test flight has returned the rocket's towering first stage booster back to its launch pad for the first time using giant mechanical arms, achieving another novel engineering feat.
China's military has launched a new round of war games near Taiwan, calling it a warning to the "separatist acts of Taiwan independence forces", drawing condemnation from the Taipei and US...
The UN says Israeli tanks burst through the gates of a base of its peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, the latest accusation of Israeli violations and attacks denounced by its own allies.
The leader of the rebel group that took former Christchurch pilot Phillip Mehrtens hostage has denied a bribe was involved in his release - and claims the kidnapping was to raise awareness of West Papua's fight for independence.
A man arrested at a security checkpoint near Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's California rally faces charges after being found in possession of two guns and a high-capacity magazine, authorities say.
The partial remains of Andrew "Sandy" Irvine are believed to have been found on Mt Everest, 100 years after he died alongside fellow British climber George Mallory.
Vice-president Kamala Harris released a letter from her doctor yesterday that pronounced her in good health and fit for high office, in an effort to draw a contrast with her counterpart Donald Trump.
Donald Trump called for the death penalty for migrants who kill US citizens during a rally in Colorado, escalating the anti-immigration rhetoric that has fuelled his presidential run.