The war is officially over, victory secured. And Afghanistan, once again, has been rebuilt. But for many, life in the restive provinces is much as it ever was.

Anton Tumanov gave up his life for his country, but his country won't say where and it won't say how.

Even by the outrageous standards of North Korean propaganda chiefs, it was an unusually vulgar slur, a dramatic escalation in the two-week-long war of words between Pyongyang and Washington.

Rescuers are struggling to get help to the tens of thousands of people affected by Malaysia's worst flooding in decades as angry victims accused the Government of being slow in its response.

Assumptions that President Barack Obama was a lame duck, counting down his last quarter after Republicans seized Congress, were confounded by several White House coups.

North Korea experienced one of its worst internet outages for several hours, days after United States President Barack Obama vowed a "proportional" response.

Australian PM Tony Abbott has been mocked online for saying women are "particularly focused on the household budget".

North Korea is suffering internet outages just days after Barack Obama's warning over the Sony hacking.

US President Barack Obama has become embroiled in a dispute with the makers of the comedy The Interview over how much the White House knew about North Korea's threats against the film.

When Raul Castro came on the air to inform the nation that Cuba's quarrel with the US was ending, Cubans turned up their TVs, clapped their hands and some even cried.

Can Russia afford the economic blowback from taking over Crimea? The markets aren't so sure.

Muscovites rushed to the shops yesterday as the ruble's slide brought fears that imported goods would soon soar in price.

It may seem hard to believe, after so many decades of rancour, that Fidel Castro first came to power with the aid of the US Government.

The raw figures look bad, and they are deteriorating.

Russia's ruble was tanking on Tuesday faster than journalists could type, hitting levels against the dollar that were unimaginable even a week ago.

British PM David Cameron is under mounting cross-party pressure to approve an investigation into whether Britain was involved in the CIA's torture of suspects.

Could it happen here? That is a question to haunt this country whatever the outcome of the hostage crisis in Sydney.

Read how the Sydney siege unfolded during the day.

The cafe siege in Sydney was only to be expected after Islamic State urged followers to launch such “lone wolf” attacks, specifically mentioning Australia, terror experts say.

Princess Srirasm Suwadi of Thailand has lost her royal title after a series of moves that have left the country's citizens wondering what is happening in their royal household.

In his first speech as the leader of China, President Xi Jinping identified corruption as a major priority.

The collapsing oil price that is reshaping the global economy could derail the green energy revolution by making renewable power sources prohibitively bad value.

It's more important to get constitutional recognition for Aborigines right than to rush it through, Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott said yesterday.

A former Guantanamo Bay detainee posed no threat during an awards ceremony confrontation, his target says.

"I was tortured for 5-and-a-half years!" Ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks heckled Australia's Attorney-General at an awards ceremony last night.

Grace Mugabe, Zimbabwe's first lady, clinched a surprising political ascent yesterday with the announcement that she has been appointed head of the ruling party's powerful women's wing, increasing....