Conflict

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, whose nearly 12 years in office have been marked by deep economic and social crisis, has been sworn in for a third term, despite a long election dispute and…

After being smashed into and left with no contact details, Hawke's Bay woman Tracy Murfitt made a request for council CCTV footage that saved her $500.

Sydney police are investigating after offensive graffiti was found spray-painted on a synagogue and a house. It follows a series of anti-Semetic graffiti incidents in the city.

Russia's use of off-the-books ships began shortly after the EU placed sanctions on it after the invasion of Ukraine.

Palestinian officials said intensified Israeli bombardments had killed more than 100 people over the weekend.

King Charles III is said to be "deeply saddened" after police reported that a British relative of his sons' former nanny was among the victims of the New Orleans New Year's Day attack.

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.