Paris is in preparation mode as the Olympics draw closer.

Julian Assange has always polarised opinion. Now, for some, his plight has evoked a sense of pity.

When an Israeli shell struck Gaza’s largest fertility clinic in December, it destroyed more than 4000 embryos, plus 1000 more specimens of sperm and unfertilised eggs.

The case in which the ex-president is accused of falsifying business records to hide an affair ahead of an election has all the makings of a Hollywood blockbuster.

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Russia’s foreign ministry said the Australians were handed indefinite bans “in response to politically motivated sanctions against Russian individuals”.

Even if every allegation Grant made were proved in court, he would still be liable for millions of pounds in costs, he said. “I’m afraid I am shying at that fence.”

Iran marks National Army Day against the backdrop of escalating tensions with Israel.

After agonising over how to proceed on the package for days, Mike Johnson notified Republicans he would push to hold three votes on Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific.

To be morally consistent with previous actions and to uphold to amendments Wong herself pushed for, Australia must change its tune towards Israel.

Donald Trump's first criminal trial has suddenly accelerated with seven jurors now seated.

A huge repair and reconstruction job will be needed in Denmark, after one of the country's most historic landmarks went up in flames.

Parts of the UAE received 2½ times the average annual rainfall in 24 hours. Emirates says it has suspended check-ins for the day.

Israel’s war cabinet is weighing options big enough to send a clear message to Iran that its attacks will not go unanswered, but not so big as to spark a major escalation.

Without his usual bravado and bluster, and once again appearing in court without his wife, Melania, by his side, Trump looked more like a weary, ordinary man.

Assange’s wife Stella, whom he married while in prison in London, said the guarantees did not satisfy their concerns, describing them as “blatant weasel words”.

A circus elephant managed to escape from a show and was caught wandering the streets of Butte, Montana.

China’s latest economic data highlights a glut of excess capacity and a flood of cheap exports, which is generating a growing backlash from a number of its trading partners.

Copenhagen's Old Stock Exchange has been destroyed by fire.

Dozens of children, including at least 89 with Australian parents, have been abducted in Japan by one parent under a century-old law.