The Hamas-run health ministry has claimed at least 50 people have been killed in an Israeli attack on a school in northern Gaza. The ministry claimed...
Australian says divers were injured after the Chinese navy used sonar while they were in the water clearing fishing nets. Australia’s defence minister Richard Marles said...
At the end of a sixth week of war, a day of burials and death but also signs the conflict is deepening. In the settlement of...
Israel’s response to Hamas’s brutal attacks last month was immediate. However, it appears that Israel‘s military offensive was primarily motivated by anger and a political imperative...
The suspect in a shooting at a psychiatric hospital in the US is dead, police say. New Hampshire state police initially had reported “multiple victims” from...
A former fugitive has been sentenced to 90 years in jail after murdering her love rival in a jealous rage, before fleeing the US and having...
Singer Shakira won big at this year’s Latin Grammys – including for a track which took a swipe about former partner and footballer Gerard Pique. The...
Israeli troops are continuing their operation at Gaza’s biggest hospital, al Shifa, which has been a primary target of the ground assault. The Israel Defence Forces...
Biting the hand of friendship took on a literal meaning during an official visit by Austria’s president to Moldova when the country’s “first dog” nipped him....
Fears over the safety of Palestinian civilians are growing as Israel suggests its bombardment of Gaza will shift to southern areas, having destroyed swathes of the...
Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel is doing all it can to minimise civilian casualties in Gaza but had “not been successful”. The Israeli prime minister was...
The war in Lebanon, which began one day after the conflict in Gaza, looks and sounds like a militarised version of hide and seek. Iran-backed Hezbollah,...
To see the column of people up close was quite something. Several hundred Palestinians, young and elderly, in a thin line facing south on the main...
When French President Emmanuel Macron called for a ceasefire last Friday, he said he was hoping the US and UK would follow suit. So far, they...
Iceland is on high alert for a volcanic eruption, with a state of emergency declared and almost 4,000 residents evacuated from their homes. There is a...
A tiny dog found alive by her owner’s body 10 weeks after the pair went missing on a hike showed “dedication and loyalty” to her owner,...
A plane was forced to return to an airport shortly after taking off when a horse got loose on board. Around half an hour after leaving...
The puteketeke, a bird that vomits, grunts, growls and has bizarre mating rituals, won New Zealand’s bird of the century competition after comedian John Oliver intervened in...
Israel has launched an overnight raid on Gaza’s largest medical facility – al Shifa hospital – hours after the US backed claims it was being used...