The US military used helicopters to evacuate a group of Americans from a hotel near Kabul's airport, according to a Pentagon spokesman…

New plans to crack down on puppy smuggling and ban the import of dogs with cropped ears or docked tails have been set out by the UK Government today.

Six police officers have been hospitalised and more than 200 people were arrested during the anti-lockdown protest in Melbourne’s CBD today. According to Victoria Police, more than 4000 people gathered to protest the VIC lockdown extension – breaching public health orders in the process.

Her friends told her she was lucky to be stuck on an Island paradise as the pandemic unfolded, but for Zoe Stephens it was tough.

Philip Caputo is the author of A Rumor of War and seventeen other books of fiction and nonfiction. As a Marine Corps veteran of Vietnam (1965-1966), a reporter who was among the last to be evacuated from Saigon by helicopter (1975) and a correspondent who …

Over our long and tortuous history, we have encountered a few friends who have stood by us. Unfortunately at the same time, we have also been at the receiving end of indifference if not outright hostility by those who professed friendship but when the chips were down unsurprisingly vanished from …

For our free coronavirus pandemic coverage, learn more here. There are fears crew members on board a ship anchored off Western Australia’s south coast could be infected with COVID-19 after several workers reported feeling unwell. Sixteen seafarers on the …

The European Union has not recognised the Taliban, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says, nor is it holding political talks with the militants, a week after they seized control of Afghanistan. The Taliban completed a lightning takeover of …

BRUSSELS, Aug 21 (Reuters) – The European Union has not recognised the Taliban, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Saturday, nor is it holding political talks with the militants, a week after they seized control of Afghanistan. The …

Survivors of Haiti's devastating earthquake looted an aid convoy Friday as the impoverished Caribbean nation scrambled to roll out a relief effort haunted by the chaotic response to past natural disasters.