A contentious Swiss prohibition on facial coverings in public spaces widely known as the "burqa ban" will take effect on January 1, the government says.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has rapidly congratulated Donald Trump for winning the US election, saying the ...

Japan's Mount Fuji has finally got its trademark snowcap, more than a month after it normally would, after setting a record ...

World leaders have taken to social media to congratulate US President-elect Donald Trump on his historic election win.

Australian political junkies have watched on from afar as Americans cast their votes, with Donald Trump claiming ...

A dozen men accused of murder produced knives and baseball bats then "set upon" a group of people resulting in a teenager's ...

Mark Kenny is The Canberra Times' political analyst and a professor at the ANU's Australian Studies Institute. He hosts the ...

The Albanese government is scrambling to deal with the latest blow to its handling of immigration, as the Coalition seizes on ...

Republican former president Donald Trump has claimed victory in the US presidential election in a stunning political comeback ...

Five people have been killed after a small jet has crashed into a vehicle after taking off from a suburban Phoenix airport.

Chinese manufacturers of a jumping castle that became airborne, killing six children, have been unable to detail how many ...

A Nationals senator spearheading the attack against the prime minister's free flight upgrades has been forced to ...