Toddler among the 11 dead after Russian missile strike
Firefighters continue to search victims in the rubble of a residential building in eastern Ukraine after a Russian missile attack.
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Sudan’s presidential palace seized by paramilitaries
Sudan's main paramilitary group has seized control of the army chief's residence and the presidential palace in an apparent coup.
Sudan’s army and rival force clash
Three people have died as Sudan's military and a paramilitary force clashed, raising fears of a coup.
UN chief urges Sudan’s warring forces to end violence
Sudan is on edge as an outbreak of fighting between the country's army and a militia force at several sites has killed at least 25 people.
France’s Macron signs contested pension bill into law
A controversial bill to raise the retirement age by two years has been signed into law by French President Emmanuel Macron despite mass protests.
Fighting erupts between Sudan’s army and rival force
A Sudanese doctors group expects more casualties as fierce fighting continues between Sudan's military and a paramilitary force across the country.
Sudan paramilitaries seize sites in apparent coup bid
Conflict has flared in Sudan after days of tension between the army and paramilitaries, with fears a confrontation could undermine the return to civilian rule.
Casualties rise in Sudan as military rivals clash
A Sudanese doctors group says at least 56 civilians have been killed in an outbreak of fighting between the country's army and a paramilitary force.
Ukraine reports bloody fighting in Bakhmut
Firefighters search for victims in the rubble of a residential building in eastern Ukraine after a Russian missile attack.
Sudan army, paramilitary forces back humanitarian pause
The Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have approved a proposal from the United Nations to open a safe passage for humanitarian cases.
Russia’s Wagner claims it controls most of Bakhmut
The Russian Wagner group of mercenaries says it has seized most of the contested city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine after months of combat.
IMF warns deeper financial turmoil would hit growth
The outlook for the world economy has dimmed in the face of chronically high inflation and uncertainties around banks, the International Monetary Fund says.
Harry to attend King’s coronation, Meghan to stay in US
Buckingham Palace says Prince Harry will attend the coronation of his father at Westminster Abbey next month, but Meghan will not be there.
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.
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.