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PNG governor's support for dumping at sea, adviser quits over far-right links, and internet disruption to continue in territory New governor rejects long-standing opposition to ditching by-products in…

As political tension over the number of people arriving at the US-Mexico border grows, states such as Texas and Arizona have sent thousands of migrants to cities such as Chicago, New York and…

The US Supreme Court appears poised to accept a Mississippi law that would bar abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, if accepted the ruling would cut off abortion access for tens of millions of…

Dozens of people have died in Canada amid an unprecedented heatwave that has smashed temperature records.

Myanmar security forces have killed at least 12 people, as the acting leader of a civilian parallel government vowed to pursue a "revolution" to overturn the 1 February military coup.

Federal agents arrested two more Capitol Hill rioters whose images had gone viral, including a prominent follower of the baseless conspiracy theory QAnon.

New York state now has more coronavirus cases than any other country outside the US, according to latest figures.

Amy Coney Barrett said at her Senate confirmation hearing she is not hostile to Obamacare and declined to specify whether she believes rulings legalizing abortion and gay marriage were properly…

Tik-Tok users and K-Pop fans were behind the smaller than expected numbers at US President Donald Trump's first campaign rally in months, social media users have claimed.

Analysis - Donald Trump delivered a searing screed that may augur the most extreme US presidency in modern history if he beats Kamala Harris. Audio

The former US president has been criminally indicted four times, and will have a series of trials to attend in 2024 as he runs again for the White House.

Analysis: Tallying the balance of good and bad done in the Afghanistan War leaves Tim Watkin wondering at the immense damage and ongoing effects that have resulted from the US's retaliation for the…

Analysis - It was a surprisingly cordial debate between Tim Walz and JD Vance, but it revealed stark differences. Jeremy Rees looks at what we learned.

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Vance, 40, was the first millennial on a major US party's presidential ticket and will become the third-youngest vice president in American history.

The Israeli military said it had targeted a number of Hamas "terrorists" operating from Abu Oraiban School in the urban Nuseirat refugee camp.

The WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to plea deal that will set him free after a 14-year British legal odyssey and allow his return home to Australia.

Lawyers begin jury selection as the first ever criminal trial of a former US president begins.

With no prime minister and a government in disarray, the gangs' power over the capital is near absolute.

A New Zealander on holiday in Maui says the wildfires devastating the Hawaiian island are unlike anything he has seen before.

Tonga - Princess Lātūfuipeka appointed ambassador to Thailand

It bans abortions after the detection of what anti-abortion campaigners call a foetal heartbeat, something medical authorities say is misleading.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has taken a heavy toll on civilians as residential neighbourhoods were bombed and key cities surrounded.

Parliament has unanimously called for action to prevent severe human rights abuses against Uyghur Muslims, in a motion that stopped short of calling those abuses genocide. Video