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Itamar Ben-Gvir visited the compound in Jerusalem amid heavy security, angering Palestinians and drawing a slew of condemnations.

An Australian Defence spokesperson confirmed the Iranian vessels had been monitored by them while operating in the region.

Thousands of people have been paying their respects to former Pope Benedict XVI whose body is lying in state in the Vatican.

Four people have died after two helicopters collided mid-air near Sea World on the Gold Coast.

Ukrainian forces have shelled and hit military quarters in the Russian-occupied Donetsk region, killing many, reports say.

This student reporter infiltrated a 'cyber hell' where women and girls were sexually exploited, exposing the leaders, in a case where arrests number in the thousands.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will request leave from the high-security Belmarsh Prison to attend Dame Vivienne Westwood's funeral, his wife says.

The UN's highest court has been asked to give a legal opinion on Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories by the UN General Assembly.

While some major cities around the world marked the New Year with a bang and festivities, celebrations were more muted in places with surges of Covid-19 or enmeshed in conflict.

Paddy's learning journey has prompted his hometown of Temora in Australia's southern NSW to do the same.

A court in army-ruled Myanmar found deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi guilty in all five counts of corruption, a source familiar with her trial has said.

Aid agencies warn Afghans will die unless the Taliban reverses a ban on women working for non-government organisations in the country, where an estimated six million people are on the brink of famine.

Peru's president has pledged resources to investigate more than two dozen deaths during protests that have rocked Peru following the ousting of her predecessor.

British fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood has died, aged 81.

Kosovo Serbs to start removing road barricades symbolic of rising tensions, following calls by the European Union to defuse tensions underlined by the West's rift with Russia.

US National Guard troops have trudged door-to-door in Buffalo in search of additional winter storm victims hit by prolonged power outages.

Russia has increased mortar and artillery attacks on civilian targets in Kherson city, Ukraine says, and has rejected Ukraine's 10-point peace plan.

Australia's federal government has approved a request from Washington to extradite a former US marine pilot.

Jetstar has launched an investigation after a "miscommunication" saw a plane load of holiday-makers en route to Bali turned around and sent back to Melbourne.