Authorities have admitted to a 'catastrophic failure' by law enforcement that cost young lives during the Texas school shooting.

The Russian offensive in the south-east of Ukraine has expanded the territory under the control of the Donetsk People's Republic in recent weeks.

The family of an Australian man who died in Ukraine this week said he was driving trucks delivering humanitarian aid and taking wounded people from the front line.

The Herald’s chief photographer and renowned storm chaser Nick Moir came face-to-face with a 1.5-kilometre-wide tornado in the Texas Panhandle.

The triumphant story of one building’s escape from lockdown quickly spread on chat groups across the Chinese city this week, sparking one question in the minds of many: Shouldn’t we do the same?

Since police rescued him by breaking out the classroom windows and having him crawl through glass to safety, Daniel has been awakened by nightmares. He refuses to play to his beloved video games and mostly stays quiet.

For decades, drug cartels have used The Golden Triangle area to grow marijuana and opium poppies because much of region is difficult to access and has little police or army presence.

Russia-backed separatists claim they have captured a railway hub as Moscow’s forces pushed to gain more ground in another key area.

Former president Donald Trump appeared, the star attraction of the NRA convention, called for teachers to be armed in the wake of Tuesday’s shooting. 

Cars, trucks and other parts of the transportation sector are California’s biggest contributor of greenhouse gas emissions, and New Zealand’s second largest behind agriculture.

The National Rifle Association is holding a gun conference just days after the Texas massacre.

Johnny Depp’s lawyer said ex-wife Amber Heard’s allegations of abuse were “wild, over-the-top and implausible”.

Major political challenges ahead in the US in the hope for gun control, as former President Donald Trump says shootings are a reason to arm, not disarm.

Authorities in Texas have admitted a catastrophic failure in their response to the Uvalde school massacre.

Russian officials have said their forces are making 'progress' in taking over Ukraine's Donbas region.

Questions are mounting over the amount of time it took police officers to enter the school to confront the 18-year-old gunman.

Why do mass shootings keep happening in the US? What does the Second Amendment mean? Who are the NRA? And where is gun regulation reform at today?

The husband of a teacher who was killed in the Texas school massacre has died of a heart attack.

US officials continue to hold concerns about China’s plans for a two-kilometre runway on the tiny Kiribati island of Kanton halfway between the US and Asia.

The charges were a stunning turn of events for the ex-director of the museum, Jean-Luc Martinez, France’s ambassador for international cooperation on heritage.