Unrest, Conflict and War

The US says the International Court of Justice should not demand Israel to unconditionally withdraw from Gaza and the West Bank.

Israel intensified its bombardment of Rafah in Gaza's south as the ruined Palestinian enclave's health ministry announced 29,313 deaths in the war so far.

The United States says the United Nation's top court should not order the unconditional withdrawal of Israeli forces from Palestinian territories as it considers a request for its opinion on the legality of the occupation.

Former UNRWA chief spokesperson Chris Gunness calls on Australia to resume funding UNRWA, citing 'enormous urgency' for aid in Gaza.

The bloodshed in Papua New Guinea took place in provinces in the highlands where violence had already been escalating, and comes during a debate over the country's internal security.

The US has vetoed a United Nations resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. 

Authorities believe he had been living in Spain with a Ukrainian passport under a different name. 

The Russian president has praised his forces, who claim Ukrainian soldiers were routing from the industrial city in chaos.

Entry of aid trucks into the besieged territory has sharply declined by more than half in the past two weeks, according to United Nations figures. 

Kim Jong Un "liked the car, and so the decision was made" to present him with the high-end Aurus Senat for his personal use.

Washington says Algeria's proposal could jeopardise ongoing Gaza peace talks in Egypt and it is working on its own resolution.

Papua New Guinea's fuel supply is once again in crisis, joining a growing list of national challenges facing Prime Minister James Marape ahead of a vote of no confidence in his leadership. But there is reason to believe he will survive, writes Tim Swanston.

Washington has rejected the latest United Nations Security Council draft resolution on the conflict, blocking a demand for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire.

Prince William says he is deeply concerned about the "human cost" of the Israel-Gaza war in an unusual political move from a royal family member.

The council received more than 900 items of correspondence in response to a motion tabled at Tuesday's meeting, and heard from more than a dozen speakers in person. The vote came as the premier's Bendigo office was again targeted by activists.

The US is calling for a temporary ceasefire as it urges Israel to drop its plans for a ground offensive in Rafah, in Gaza's south.

Dozens of suspects were indicted in the 122-page report issued by Walther Wesser Voltaire, the fifth judge to lead the investigation after previous ones stepped down for reasons including fear of being killed.

The widow of Alexei Navalny has accused Vladimir Putin of killing her husband as she vowed to continue to help the battered opposition movement.

Prime Minister James Marape is urging tribes to lay down weapons, as politicians call for a crackdown on high-powered firearm purchases.

The United States has proposed an alternative draft United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a temporary ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza war and opposing a major Israeli ground offensive in Rafah in southern Gaza.

The city was once a "safe zone" for displaced Gazans. Now new satellite images reveal the reality of those fleeing the conflict.

Papua New Guinea is reeling from a bloody massacre in the Highlands province of Enga, and the bloodshed suggests an armoury of automatic weapons funnelled through powerful community leaders is fuelling the violence.

Yulia Navalnaya has accused the Russian president of killing her husband in a video she uploaded to social media.

Aerial footage shows strikes on Avdiivka Soviet-era coke plant.

The coke plant was claimed after Russian forces took over the Ukrainian city of Avdiivka on Sunday.