Conflict

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.

Near the port city of Latakia, Israel targeted an air defence facility and damaged Syrian naval ships as well as military warehouses.

It is hoping to head off any threat that could emerge in the fallout of president Bashar al-Assad's overthrow.

Analysis: Abu Mohammad al-Jolani's mosque speech was about arrival and survival. It's his actions, though, that will secure the latter.