Rescue divers in Laos have safely evacuated the first of five local villagers who had been trapped in a cave for more than a week by floodwaters.

A US judge has ordered the removal of President Donald Trump's name from the title of the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. The Washington venue cannot be renamed without congressional approval, the ...

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The US president has been weighing a tentative agreement that would open the Strait of Hormuz and begin talks on Tehran's nuclear program.

A court has heard a man charged with extortion was "potentially gagged" by his bail terms in an effort to protect a ...

US President Donald Trump is set to make a "final determination" on an agreement to extend a ceasefire with Iran by 60 days.

A private prosecution launched by a businessman in Victoria's Hepburn Shire has been described as a "nightmare" by a lawyer defending one of two local government figures facing charges.

A Queensland jetski salesman who helped set up offshore shell companies embroiled in scandals involving Mexican drug cartels and North Korean arms dealers faces extradition to the United States on ...

The threat of relegation hangs over the Australian men's rugby sevens squad ahead of the final two rounds of the World ...

This week's news quiz revisits a drone malfunction, a "dream job" on an Aussie island and a lifetime achievement award for … ...

In an extraordinary irony, the National Anti-Corruption Commission has become best known for "own goals", rocked by internal ...

The managing director of Taylors Wines in South Australia is considering leaving the country in response to the federal ...