Donald Trump urged the US government shutdown to “start now”, but a bipartisan a deal was approved by Republicans and Democrats alike at the last minute.

For four decades, speculation has swirled around what happened to British socialite Jeanette Bishop May and her 39-year-old Italian companion.

The Dublin jury awarded the woman nearly $400,000 for her lawsuit that claimed McGregor “brutally raped and battered” her in 2018.

The government of Laos publicly acknowledged the tragedy, which claimed the lives of two Australians, saying it was “profoundly saddened over the loss of lives”.

A woman who claimed mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor "brutally raped and battered" her in a Dublin hotel penthouse was awarded nearly €250,000 ($400,000) by a civil court jury in Ireland.

The five remaining Bali Nine members could be transferred to Australia in December after consistent advocacy from the Albanese government.

The world’s richest person, not known for his humility, is still learning the cut-throat courtier politics of Donald Trump’s inner circle.

Laotian authorities have been working to rid the town of its deadly reputation. Clearly, they haven’t worked hard enough.

The Lebanon-based group fired about 250 rockets and other projectiles into Israel in the heaviest barrage in weeks.

Bianca Jones’ father made an emotional appeal to the Laos government after his daughter died of suspected methanol poisoning last week.

President-elect Donald Trump has met with the head of NATO Mark Rutte in Florida for talks on global security.

Mark Gaetz is gone, but that’s not the end of the circus surrounding Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees, with grave allegations swirling.

Millions of former tweeters have taken their spotless minds and ridden, on a butterfly’s wings, to an alternative reality: Bluesky, the microblogging site for progressive idealists.

Zach Hope reports from Vang Vieng, where cheap alcohol is plentiful but answers about what killed six people, including two Australians, are harder to find.

The family of an Australian woman, who could lose her sight in one eye after being hurt while studying in Israel, have demanded an investigation.

The response to October 7 has unleashed a tsunami of misinformation and disinformation about Islam and Muslims. There is clearly a problem in Australia that needs to be addressed.

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While support for Putin’s threats resounded in pro-war venues, some Russians reacted with worry, gallows humour and apathy to the suggestions of striking the West.

Three people have been arrested over the death of Zvi Kogan, 28, an ultra-Orthodox rabbi who went missing on Thursday.

Four people dead as Storm Bert continues sweeping its way across the UK.

In putting forward three men accused of sexual misconduct for high office, Donald Trump is conveying that men like himself are the perpetual victims of lies.

Liberal billionaire philanthropist George Soros once mentored Scott Bessent, who previously gave money to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

Sara Duterte says she hired an assassin in case she herself is killed, in a brazen public statement she warned was not a joke.

The family of alleged New York state serial killer Rex Heuermann withstood gawking tourists and destructive police searches, but are now selling up and moving.

The 54-year-old mother was visiting a retreat described as a “sacred space” where Westerners go to “expand consciousness”.