The apparent breakthrough was announced following a call between the US president and the leaders of America’s Gulf allies on Saturday, US time.

Washington DC man Nasire Best, 21, was shot dead by the Secret Service on Saturday. He was known to authorities and had spent time in a psychiatric hospital last year.

The accident has triggered a vast rescue operation with hundreds of emergency workers, promises of an “uncompromising” investigation and an intervention from President Xi Jinping.

Quick thinking by 12-year-old Anatolii Prokhorenko saved his family from becoming victims of a new weapon in the five-year war.

The incident occurred as President Donald Trump and other senior officials were inside the building dealing with the unfolding situation in Iran.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s decision to call a referendum that could lead to the energy-rich province separating from Canada has angered both sides of the debate.

New York’s theatre scene is teeming with Australians who have made huge sacrifices to chase a dream of making it in the Big Apple. That’s reason to celebrate.

Law enforcement is responding after apparent gunshots were heard near the White House.

ABC US reporter Selina Wang was recording a video for social media when gunshots erupted near the White House.

Reporter Selina Wang ducks for cover on the White House North Lawn after hearing gunshots fired nearby.

US President Donald Trump says a peace deal with Iran has been "largely negotiated".

New allegations have reportedly been levelled against Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor in the UK.

A gas explosion at a coal mine in China's northern province of Shanxi has killed dozens of people, state media says.

A small, elite band of mostly current or former senior commanders of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard have consolidated their grip on the country.

Instead of swimming through a passage back to the open sea, investigators believe the divers took a wrong turn into a pitch-black cave that was a dead end, sparking panic as they ran out of air.

Kevin Warsh is a Harvard-educated lawyer and former investment banker who has served on the Federal Reserve’s board before. But with higher inflation, rising consumer anxiety and rate expectations, will he be a hawk or a hack?

Donald Trump has posted AI-generated video of himself throwing Stephen Colbert into a dumpster.

There are now 750 suspected cases and 177 suspected deaths, and one senior official has described the effort to stop the rapid spread as “a race against the clock”.

Australia, as a middle power, has found itself in between two capricious giants whose leaders have proven themselves willing to weaponise trade for their own ends.

Meanwhile, amid uncertainty about the next steps in the war with Iran, Trump announced he would not attend his son’s wedding this weekend, and cancelled a golf trip.