Conflict

Russia says its forces will step up military operations in Ukraine as Moscow's rockets and missiles pound cities in strikes that Kyiv says have killed dozens in recent days.

The European Union has "shot itself in the lungs" with ill-considered economic sanctions on Russia that risk destroying the European economy, Hungarian's Prime Minister Viktor Orban says.

A 26-year-old man died of breathing difficulties after police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd.

Ukraine has launched long-range rocket attacks on Russian forces in southern Ukraine and destroyed an ammunition store, its military said, as Russia continues to pound the country's east.

Sri Lankan immigration officials say they prevented the president's brother and former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa from flying out of the country, as anger mounts against the powerful family for…

SAS operatives in Afghanistan repeatedly killed detainees and unarmed men in suspicious circumstances, according to a BBC investigation.

Richard Marles is calling for closer cooperation between Australia and the US to avoid what he describes as "a catastrophic failure of deterrence" in the Indo-Pacific.

Lithuania has expanded restrictions on trade through its territory to Russia's Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad, as phase-ins on earlier-announced European Union sanctions against Moscow take effect.

The pipeline carrying gas to Germany is due for a 10-day annual maintenance with fears it will be extended.

A leftist opposition official has been shot dead by a man shouting support for far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, as violence increases ahead of Brazil's elections.

The announcement came after thousands of protesters stormed President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's residence in Colombo, following months of protests over his handling of the country's economic crisis.

Thousands of protesters broke through police barricades in one of the year's largest anti-government marches.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi got together at the G20 summit.

The Russian president says his military is just getting started in Ukraine, in a belligerent speech to parliamentary leaders.

The cost of rebuilding Ukraine following Russia's invasion could reach US$750 billion and rich Russians should help to meet the cost, Ukrainian PM Denys Shmygal says.

Police in Nigeria have rescued 77 people, including children from a church where they were confined for months.

Tensions continue to rise between Israel and Lebanon over the disputed Karish gas field.

Fighting has intensified in Lysychansk, as blasts shook a southern city after the civilian toll from Russian strikes climbed in towns well behind the frontlines.