A car has been driven into pedestrians outside a major train station in Australia in what police have called 'a deliberate act'. 

A North Korean soldier has defected to South Korea after crossing the heavily fortified demilitarized zone.

Eight years, four months and seven days ago, Arenys de Munt held a referendum on whether Catalonia should secede from Spain. Of the town’s population, 99.6 per cent turned out to vote, and out of that 96.2 per cent voted “yes”, 2.3 per cent “no” and 1.1 per cent left the ballot paper blank.

Beijing has responded to Donald Trump’s recent labelling of China as a strategic “competitor”, by telling the US President to end America’s “cold war mentality”. 

The White House has taken down a popular online tool created by the Obama administration that allowed citizens to create online petitions, some of which required an official response.

Syrians have launched a campaign in support of a baby who lost an eye and had his skull crushed during government attacks on his besieged hometown near Damascus.

The final victory over the so-called Islamic State won’t be won until its ideas have been dismantled and discredited.

Burma has banned a UN special investigator on human rights from visiting the country, triggering widespread condemnation and raising new concerns about its appare

The European Commission has taken the unprecedented step of recommending a move towards political sanctions against Poland to stop the drift towards authoritarianism in the EU member state.

Former home affairs secretary is accused of paying off presidents of Chad and Uganda, among others, on behalf of Chinese oil company