Conflict

Moscow sees the use of the missiles, which have a range of up to 300km, as a major escalation.

The vessel, registered in the Cook Islands and accused of being part of Russia's 'shadow fleet', is suspected of damaging cables by dragging its anchor across the seabed.

Drones have been manufactured and launched in record numbers in conflict zones in Ukraine and the Middle East - and they're getting deadlier all the time.

A ministerial committee has decided to pause operations over what they described as broadcasting "inciting material and reports that were deceiving and stirring strife".

Children and teenagers were found to have been beaten or branded with a heated object, while women reported being sexually assaulted.

Images from the scene show the twisted wreckage of a van with what appears to be the remnants of the word "PRESS" on the back doors.

Fourteen Syrian police were killed in an "ambush" by forces loyal to the ousted government, the transitional administration says, as demonstrations mark the most widespread unrest since Bashar…

Armed attackers have opened fire on a group gathered for a press conference to announce the reopening of Haiti's largest public hospital, a witness to the attack says.

An explosion has sunk a Russian cargo ship in the Mediterranean Sea on Monday night, Russian authorities said, leaving two crew members missing.

Officials are launching an urgent investigation after video emerged on social media of a Melbourne man who appears to have been captured by Russian forces.

The strike is a rare instance of a failed interception over the city.

A rebel army in Myanmar says it has captured a major military headquarters, marking the fall of the junta's second regional command as it faces a nationwide armed resistance movement.

Israel's "long hand" will reach the leaders of Yemen's Houthi movement, Defence Minister Israel Katz has vowed, after unleashing airstrikes on several areas of the Arab country overnight.

About 11,000 North Korean soldiers find themselves at the centre of Europe's biggest conflict since World War II.

The premier of New South Wales has condemned Islamophobic graffiti that has sprung up in western Sydney.

Asma al-Assad was once seen as Syria's Princess Diana. Now, she will likely live out her days exiled in Russia. Audio

As his reign collapsed, Bashar al-Assad confided in almost no one about his plans to flee Syria. Instead, officials and even relatives were kept in the dark.

AFP footage showed parts of the mausoleum ablaze and damaged, with the tomb of Hafez torched and destroyed.