US President Donald Trump has threatened a key ally, as a 60-day deadline to end the Iran conflict passed.

France’s decision to expel a prominent Russian TV journalist has led to a fierce debate over the limits of free speech amid Moscow’s continued efforts to influence European politics.

The president’s executive assistant goes everywhere he goes and was one of the select few chosen to accompany him on his recent secret flight out of Turkey.

The president's executive assistant Natalie Harp has shot to prominence as one of his closest aides.

The US president told journalist Kristen Holmes to "be quiet" after she asked a question about North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

The seller set an auction reserve of about $50 for the badly taxidermied curiosity – and was left stunned when it sold for almost $120,000.

Successful bidder James Cranfield, a taxidermy enthusiast, suspected it was something special when he first saw it advertised as a "fox mask". Source: Cranfield's Curiosity Cabinet

A Singaporean food stall worker was shoved to the ground after patting a child on the head.

Donald Trump has avoided answering a question about his relationship with staffer Natalie Harp.

The US president and his aides attacked a CNN journalist, insinuating she was a bad mother, after she asked him about innuendo surrounding staffer Natalie Harp.

British PM Andy Burnham exchanged messages with a person posing as the chief of staff to US President Donald Trump.

Donald Trump has threatened to bomb Oman over its deal with Iran.

The US president cast doubt on whether it was possible to strike an acceptable deal with the regime in Tehran after the 60-day memorandum of understanding ended.

China has been publicly outed by NZ as a security threat. Here, ASIO and our politicians are silent.

The timing and content of the messages between Andy Burnham and the impersonator remain unknown.

Soaring fuel and food costs are undercutting one of Trump’s key 2024 pledges – to cut the price of basic groceries for ordinary Americans.

Thieves took advantage of an annual religious celebration on the streets of the town of Messina to nab four paintings worth almost $US100 million.

Donald Trump is the most corrupt president of the modern age. He can’t be trusted with more executive privilege.

The USS Abraham Lincoln has not made a port call in more than 200 days, with the leader of US Central Command acknowledging that service at sea “for long periods isn’t for everyone”.

Ukraine launched 822 drones, 600 targeting Moscow, according to a Russian regional governor, with the online retailer Wildberries again bearing the brunt of the aerial assault.