The rare sanction against Wirathu, who has led calls for restrictions on Myanmar's Muslims, comes amid deepening tensions in the Buddhist-majority country.

As the public watches missiles rain down on cities and tanks burst into flame, there is a sense the world reached a turning point when Putin invaded his neighbour.

An almost assured second-term win has turned into a tougher-than-expected slog for the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Northern Ireland police have warned of “very strong” intelligence that officers would be targeted on Easter Monday following heightened tensions.

The couple have agreed to the projects as part of a five-year $154 million deal they signed with Netflix in 2020.

A selection of photographs from around the world by Fairfax picture editors.

The digital memory card found on a street in Alaska's largest city contained videos of a woman being strangled and pictures of her face down in the back of a truck, police say. 

Prince Andrew could be forced to answer questions about his links to the late billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, after reports the US justice department sought assistance from the UK Home Office.

Dark energy was assumed to be a constant force throughout cosmic history. New data suggests it’s more changeable, possibly upending long-standing doom predictions.

The astronauts have been stuck at the International Space Station since the beginning of June – and will spend more months in space before returning to Earth.

In 2021 the American author apologised for her part in the wrongful rape conviction of a Black man.

Paula Abdul has filed a lawsuit against the former longtime producer of American Idol, accusing him of sexually assaulting her when she was a judge.

Alaa Najjar’s husband was severely wounded and their only surviving child, an 11-year-old son, is in a “moderate” condition.

The US has widened its sanctions on Russia to try and cripple its war efforts in Ukraine.

Scores of movie-goers fled the premiere for the new King Kong film in Vietnam, after a giant promotional statue of the gorilla burst into flames.