Ukraine rejects Russian Wagner Bakhmut control claims
Ukrainian officials say the country's forces control more than 20 per cent of Bakhmut, rejecting statements from the Russian Wagner mercenary group.
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US bank employee shoots five dead, livestreams attack
A 23-year-old bank employee in Louisville, Kentucky has shot dead five of his colleagues and wounded nine others while livestreaming his attack online.
Ukraine cities pounded amid fallout from US intel leak
Russia is using "scorched earth" tactics on Bakhmut, a top Ukrainian military commander says, as the fallout from the leak of US intelligence documents grows.
Fresh Russian attacks as Ukrainians celebrate Easter
A man and an 11-year-old girl were killed when a missile hit a private home in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhya on Easter Sunday.
Russia using ‘scorched earth’ tactics in Bakhmut: Kyiv
Russian forces are destroying buildings and positions in besieged Bakhmut as they pound Ukrainian positions, Ukraine's ground forces commander says.
US scrambles to trace source of classified intel leak
Highly classified military and intelligence documents that appeared online have US officials racing to identify the source of the leak.
US bank employee shoots four dead, livestreams attack
A 23-year-old bank employee in Louisville, Kentucky has shot dead four of his colleagues and wounded nine others while livestreaming his attack online.
Ukraine rethinking counter-offensive after leak: report
Ukrainian officials say Russian forces are pounding positions around Bakhmut and other cities and towns with air strikes and artillery barrages.
Ardern’s critics bid adieu to ‘flake emoter’ PM
Jacinda Ardern's critics on the right and left have given brutal judgements on her prime ministership as she leaves New Zealand politics.
Marles: Australia can learn from NZ on Voice
Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles has labelled New Zealand "the place of global best practice" on First Nations issues on a visit to Wellington.
Russian forces threaten Ukraine supply line to Bakhmut
A British intelligence report suggests Ukrainian forces are under severe pressure in the contested city of Bakhmut after gains by Russian troops.
Two killed in West Bank shooting attack: Israeli army
Israeli medics say an alleged Palestinian shooting attack in the northern occupied West Bank killed two women and seriously wounded another.
Russia hammers annexed Ukraine areas
Russian forces have bombarded the regions of Ukraine it has annexed but doesn't fully control, resulting in casualties, building damage and power outages.
Russia charges US reporter Gershkovich with espionage
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been formally charged with espionage by Russian investigators, a claim which he and the US newspaper deny.
Trump, newly charged, calls for defunding of the FBI
Donald Trump has lashed out at investigators a day after facing court on criminal charges, demanding funding massive cuts for the FBI and Justice Department.
Ukrainian forces clinging on in besieged Bakhmut
The battle for Bakhmut, one of the last urban centres in Ukraine's Donetsk province yet to fall to Moscow, has proven one of the bloodiest of Russia's invasion.
Ardern takes conservation, extremism post-PM gigs
Prince William has tapped his friend Jacinda Ardern for a seat on the board of his conservation initiative, the Earthshot Prize.
Finland joins NATO, Russia threatens ‘countermeasures’
Finland has officially joined the NATO alliance in a historic realignment of Europe's post-Cold War landscape triggered by Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
Trump pleads not guilty to criminal charges in New York
Betraying little emotion, former US President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 criminal charges in a Manhattan courthouse.
Ardern exits politics with climate rallying call
Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has finished her parliamentary career with a rousing call for commitment on climate change.
Zelenskiy visits Poland as allies step up military aid
The US is promising more weapons for Ukraine's counteroffensive against Russia as Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrives in Poland and the battle for Bakhmut rages.
Trump charged with 34 counts in hush money scheme
Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty in a historic court appearance to allegations he conspired to use hush payments to illegally influence the 2016 US election.
Arrest over Russia cafe blast that killed war blogger
A woman suspected of blowing up a prominent war blogger in a St Petersburg cafe is a Russian citizen who had previously been detained for protesting the war.
Ukraine battles in Bakhmut, Finland to join NATO
Finland, which shares a 1300-kilometre border with Russia, is set to join NATO, just over a year after Russia invaded Ukraine.
Russia accuses Ukraine of blowing up war blogger
Russian authorities are blaming Ukrainian intelligence agencies for orchestrating a bombing at a St Petersburg cafe that killed a Russian military blogger.
Trump returns to New York to face historic charges
Donald Trump has returned to New York to face arraignment on hush money charges, as the city's mayor warns potential "rabble-rousers" to behave.
Ukraine mocks Russia’s claim to have captured Bakhmut
A Ukrainian spokesman says Russia has raised a victory flag not over a building in Bakhmut, but over "some kind of toilet".
Jury finds Gwyneth Paltrow not at fault for ski crash
A jury has dismissed the complaint of a retired optometrist who sued Gwyneth Paltrow over injuries he sustained when they crashed into each other while skiing.
Ukraine children in temporary care only: Russia
Russia's representative at the United Nations has rejected charges brought against President Vladimir Putin by the International Criminal Court as misleading.
Trump to be fingerprinted, photographed but not cuffed
A lawyer for Donald Trump says the former US president will not be handcuffed when he surrenders in New York to face criminal charges.
Deadly tornado pummels US as huge storm front looms
A tornado has pummelled parts of the state of Arkansas, killing at least two and injuring dozens, as a huge storm front moves east across the United States.