Xi has asserted his authority over the party to such an extent that a third term in power - once controversial - is now a fait accompli.

A huge fire has broken out at a notorious jail in Iran where political prisoners and anti-government activists are held.

Xi Jinping says Beijing reserves the right to use all necessary measures to reunify China and Taiwan.

As Iran entered its fifth week of protests, a fire broke out at the notorious Evin prison which once held the former Australian-British academic.

The Chinese president locked in Beijing’s policies as he prepares to begin a precedent-breaking third term in power.

Police said they had tracked the man, who was out on “a mission to kill”.

Prime Minister Liz Truss is battling to keep her job after shredding her economic growth plan.

The beloved fictional bear became a symbol during the national period of mourning.

An Aussie volunteer who aiding the war effort in Ukraine says the Kremlin is ramping up their 'ghastly' assault.

Multiple social media videos show a large, dark plume of smoke billowing near Evin prison in Iran.

A Californian bakery trapped Harrison Ford’s character in carbs in their Halloween recreation of the Empire Strikes Back.

60 years ago, in a dramatic race against time, a rare serum was flown across the Tasman Sea, from Canberra to New Zealand, in an emergency flight to try to save the sight of a medical student.

Two men have fired at soldiers on a Russian military firing range near Ukraine, in what the defence ministry has branded a terrorist attack.

India’s Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP, has more members than most countries have people.

It’s a striking moral challenge for Australians given how wealthy we are by global standards.

British Prime Minister Liz Truss has abruptly sacked her right-hand man, Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng.

After days of intense destruction across Ukraine, Russia's Vladimir Putin says that he sees "no need" at this stage to conduct large-scale strikes, even hinting at withdrawing troops from part of the occupied south.

“She was also a significant contributor to the violence and tragedy that became the Manson Family’s legacy,” said California Governor Gavin Newsom.

Chaos, soaring interest rates, the sacking her finance chief, and a press conference that reassures no one: the issue for Truss’s premiership now is that there doesn’t seem to be any point to it.

Demonstrations by people from all walks of life, after the Iranian Kurdish woman’s death following her arrest for “inappropriate attire”, have evolved into widespread calls for the downfall of the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.