Peter Arnett and his colleagues had watched the last of the US Marines flee in a helicopter. Then they heard a telltale squeak in the stairs outside their office.

Four people have been killed including children in Illinois in the US, after a car crashed into an after-school camp.

Sailors were towing the F/A-18 fighter jet into the hangar bay when they lost control of the aircraft.

The billionaire celebrity was bound with zip ties and duct tape during the heist at Paris Fashion Week, allegedly led by a man now nicknamed Omar the Old.

The Russians arent stupid, the former British soldier says, outlining the treatment likely facing an Australian schoolteacher in Russian captivity.

Russia has declared a three-day ceasefire in Ukraine to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.

Spain and Portugal have been paralysed by massive power outages, causing traffic chaos and shutting down vital services.

The unprecedented blackout halted subway and railway trains, cut phone service and shut down traffic lights and ATMs for millions of people across the Iberian Peninsula.

Roman Catholic cardinals will meet from May 7 in a secret conclave to elect the churchs new leader.

Canadian police have ruled out terrorism after a car ramming attack on a crowded street festival in Vancouver.

The man behind the US presidents tumultuous tariff policies has sought for decades to set off the ultimate trade war with China.

Lawyers for two families say the mothers were not given an option to leave their children in the United States before they were deported.

Joining other dignitaries for the Popes funeral straight after Anzac Day in Gallipoli prompted Sam Mostyn to reflect deeply on what it means to be a good leader.

One hundred days into Trumps second term, cracks are appearing in the testosterone-filled White House manosphere.

The attack happened just after 8pm local time at the site of the Lapu Lapu day festival. A black SUV was photographed with a crumpled front.

Multiple people have been killed after a car drove into a crowd of revellers at a street festival in the Canadian city of Vancouver.

FBI agents arrested Judge Hannah Dugan at her courthouse. FBI director Kash Patel then posted a photograph of her being led away on social media.

The death of Virginia Giuffre brings to a tragic close the most unedifying and damaging royal scandal in living memory.

Fifteen minutes. No aides. No flags, no formalities just two men locked in a contest over Ukraines future, in the most unlikely of arenas.

Hundreds of thousands watched on as the Pope was carried to his final resting place in Santa Maria Maggiore.

Mark Carney is leaning heavily on his outsider status in his appeal to Canadian voters, but it may not be an advantage in the long run.

Melbourne Uni made him a fellow. He posed for a photo with a soon-to-be federal minister, and was considered a hero. But it wasnt the full picture.

As the crowd dispersed and the bells tolled one last time for the man in white, it was clear that the church he left behind had been changed forever.

Royalty, presidents, prime ministers and a legion of faithful have paid their respects during the funeral of Pope Francis in St Peters Square.

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re remembered Pope Francis as a pope of the people, a pastor who knew how to communicate to the least among us with an informal, spontaneous style.