The Palestinian militant group Hamas and Israel have traded blame over failure to conclude a ceasefire agreement despite ...

A Taliban government official says Pakistan's air strikes on eastern Afghanistan have killed 46 people, mostly women ...

At least 28 people have survived the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane which came down in the Kazakhstan city ...

Conditions could not have been better for millions of Aussies this Christmas as families and friends gathered on beaches, in ...

Hot, dry and windy conditions are fanning fires in multiple states and territories, but the worst could be yet to come for ...

Richard Perry, a hitmaking record producer whose many successes included Carly Simon's You're So Vain, has died at 82.

He was one of three 15-year-olds swept from the rocks and into the sea when the boys were hit by a wave. Two of the boys ...

Rain marked a sombre Christmas morning in Darwin as hundreds gathered on the shore to remember those who died in Cyclone ...

Israeli forces have killed at least eight Palestinians in raids on a refugee camp near the city of Tulkarm in the ...

Travis Head will play in the Boxing Day Test, proving his fitness in a Christmas morning fitness test at the MCG.

The devastating war in the Gaza Strip was front and centre during the midnight mass in Bethlehem given by the Catholic Church ...

At least two people were killed and others injured when armed men opened fire on a group of journalists gathered at a press ...