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Italy's former PM Silvio Berlusconi is sentenced to seven years in jail for paying for sex with an underage prostitute, and abusing the power of his office.

The country registered 1,882 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, with 1,331 of them in New South Wales. Australian authorities had issued a warning against the protests, saying participants could be arrested and fined.

Queenslanders in home quarantine will need to answer a randomly-timed text message within 10 minutes or risk a visit by the cops, as part of strict new Covid compliance laws announced this morning.

Germany said China has rejected a planned stopover of a German warship in a Chinese port

North Korea launched two ballistic missiles into waters off its eastern coast on Wednesday, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of ...

JIADONG, Taiwan--An F-16 screeched across the sky then landed on a highway surrounded by pineapple fields in southwestern Taiwan to quickly refuel before taking off again.

Several federal cabinet ministers were called to a top-secret meeting in Canberra on Wednesday ahead of a major international development expected out of the United States on Thursday morning.

The gear the Taliban have obtained isn't worth the $80 billion being claimed this week by former President Donald Trump and others.

China did not respond to questions about North Korea's newest missile tests, instead urging all parties involved to "actively engage in dialogue and contact."

Andrew, who is the Duke of York, was served with the civil suit filed by Virginia Giuffre on Aug. 27 in England, according to that filing. The document says the suit was left with a police officer on duty at the gates of the property occupied by Andrew.

The communist regime in China will use bribery and corruption to get what it needs from Afghanistan, as ...

Residents in apartment blocks locked-down by NSW Health are having their alcohol deliveries policed as part of a policy to limit the number of drinks being consumed each day.

A 12-year-old boy has died in India of Nipah, a rare virus that is far deadlier than COVID-19 -- and one that health officials have long feared could start a global pandemic.

Images showing a person suspended from a helicopter over Afghanistan spread widely on social media despite efforts by fact-checkers to correct false claims about it purportedly showing a Taliban execution. Republican members of Congress, including Sen. Te

The World Health Organization has dubbed Mu a "variant of interest," but the U.S. says it is not "an immediate threat" for the time being.

The Biden administration has no plans to release billions in Afghan gold, investments and foreign currency reserves parked in the United States that it froze after the Taliban's takeover, despite pressure from humanitarian groups and others who say th

The works of Chinese actor Zhao Wei were scrubbed from the internet last week. She has hinted that she remains in the country amid rumors of an escape to France.

They're cheaper and faster than the standard PCR test but will they help Australia reopen? Your quick guide to rapid antigen tests.

As Taliban fighters retook the Afghan capital of Kabul in a lightning offensive earlier this month, insurgents offered to allow the US to hold the city — and senior leaders turned it down, according to a new report. On Aug. 15, Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country as Taliban forces

On the eve of the final U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, some Kabul residents seemed more anxious about economic collapse than with the Taliban imposing their harsh version of Islam.