An Australian woman who murdered three of her in-laws with a meal of toxic mushrooms also allegedly tried to murder her husband using poisoned pasta, evidence showed after a judge allowed its disclosure.
Habiba, an Afghan woman who fled Taliban rule to pursue a master's degree in engineering in Iran, was deported in July just before she was about to complete her studies.
Wildfires that devastated parts of Los Angeles in January indirectly led to hundreds of deaths in the ensuing weeks, far exceeding the official toll of 31 fatalities a study has shown.
President Donald Trump could meet Vladimir Putin next week, a White House official says, as the US prepares to impose more sanctions to pressure Moscow to end the war in Ukraine.
A second person has died and 58 others have fallen ill amid an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease wreaking havoc in the Harlem area, New York City health officials announced.
Weakened by hunger, many Gazans trek across a ruined landscape each day to haul all their drinking and washing water - a painful load that is still far below the levels needed to keep people healthy.
Australia’s internet watchdog has said the world’s biggest social media firms are still “turning a blind eye” to online child sex abuse material on their platforms.
Exactly 80 years since an atomic bomb was used in war for the first time, thousands bowed their heads in prayer in Hiroshima, as the city's mayor warned world leaders about the nuclear...
Israeli TV says Netanyahu favours seizing entire enclave as negotiations to stop the war collapse and more Palestinians die of starvation or malnutrition.
The United States has begun talks with the Cook Islands for research on seabed minerals exploration and development, the State Department has confirmed.
Retail giant Kmart is facing accusations it misled customers on its ethical credentials by sourcing clothing supplies from factories in China with links to slave labour.
The Krasheninnikov Volcano in Kamchatka has erupted for the first time in 600 years, Russia's state news agency and scientists say, as another big quake rattled the region.