Former South Korean Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan has died at the age of 73 in Ho Chi Minh City, the Vietnamese government said.

Baghdad says it will prosecute and try militants from the Islamic State group who are being transferred from prisons and detention camps in neighboring Syria to Iraq under a U.S.

Energy secretary Ed Miliband says clean energy project is part of efforts to leave ‘the fossil fuel rollercoaster’ The UK and nine other European countries have agreed to build an offshore wind power grid in the North Sea in a landmark pact to turn the ageing oil basin into a “clean energy reservoir”. The countries will build windfarms at sea that directly connect to multiple nations through high-voltage subsea cables, under plans that are expected to provide 100GW of offshore wind power, or enough electricity capacity to power 143m homes. Continue reading...

The surge comes as recent flashpoints from Greenland and Venezuela to the Middle East underscore higher geopolitical risk, while fiscal concerns also loom large.

Temperatures in Ouyen and Mildura in northwest Victoria forecast to reach 49C on Tuesday * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast South Australia faced another day of searing heat on Monday, as Victorians prepared for conditions forecast to be the hottest in history. Tuesday could see heat records broken throughout eastern South Australia and Victoria, with maximums expected to be near 50C across inland areas, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. Continue reading...

Ukraine president indicates progress after talks with Russia in Abu Dhabi, ahead of further discussions this weekend. What we know on day 1,433

A number of pro-gun rights Republicans pushed back on the administration's argument that Alex Pretti was dangerous because he had a gun. Pretti was legally licensed to carry one.

His remarks come after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to slap a 100% tariff on Canadian exports if Ottawa "makes a deal" with China

Coast Guard says at least 215 people have been rescued, while a search for 144 missing people is ongoing.

Prices for nearly every major U.S. crop are below what it costs to grow them. But a drop in rice prices means another blow to farmers in Mississippi’s agricultural belt.

Moderate Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen is calling for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, saying that her “attempt to mislead the American public” about the fatal shooting of a 37 year-old protester in Minneapolis is “deeply shameful.”

The death toll from a landslide that hit Indonesia's West Java province at the weekend rose to 17 on Monday, the country's disaster mitigation agency said, with dozens still missing.

Shabana Mahmood will set out her overhaul of policing today, aiming to tackle "unpunished" everyday crime and get officers from their desks to the streets.

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Steve Witkoff, who was in Davos this week for the World Economic Forum, said that peace talks have reached their final stage and are "down to one issue."

A federal judge expressed deep skepticism Thursday that the White House has legal authority to construct President Donald Trump’s massive new ballroom without express authorization from Congress.

The government persuaded the appeals court to freeze a judge’s ruling that bars officers from using tear gas and taking other steps against peaceful protesters in Minnesota’s Twin Cities.

US troops have transferred 150 Islamic State (IS) prisoners from Syria to Iraq under plans that could see 7,000 detainees moved across the border.