A deadly virus never before seen in humans has large parts of China in lockdown and the world on high alert. What is it and how dangerous could this outbreak be?
The editor at the nonprofit environmental news website Mongabay has been released, but authorities had given no guarantees that Jacobson would be deported or the charges against him dismissed.
Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and his teenage daughter, Gianna, have died in a helicopter crash in California. Authorities say they believe ...
The once influential figure in North Korea as the only sister of late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has re-emerged six years after her husband was ...
Retired basketball star Kobe Bryant has died in a helicopter crash.
The apology, the first of its kind, comes as leaders and survivors gather in Poland to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz ...
Word Cloud
Protesters in Hong Kong have set fire to a building the government had earmarked for use as a coronavirus quarantine centre.
Turkish rescue teams have pulled more survivors from collapsed buildings days after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit the country's east.
The Royal Mint in Britain has announced the Brexit coin will finally be released after two previous attempts were scrapped.
Sources say the couple insist they will not use their royal heritage to sell anything in the commercial marketplace, but have not ruled out media ...
A popular tourist destination just south of Manila because of its picturesque setting in the middle of a lake, Taal erupted on January 12.
Landslides have also forced thousands to leave their homes in the wake of record-breaking rainfall.
The world's largest twin-engined jetliner features folding wingtips to allow its large wings to fit into the same parking bays as earlier models.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has visited the areas hardest hit by Friday's earthquake, decrying "negative" reports about the country being underprepared and rejecting offers of aid from Greece.
The US focus has returned to extremists in Syria after the military had shifted its attention to conflict with Iran earlier this month.
Locust hunters are battling to contain the worst plague to hit the Horn of Africa for some seven decades, thanks in part to climate change.
Prince Charles has said he would like to make an official visit to Iran, amid military tensions with the US and the detention of a number of British ...
President Xi Jinping says China is facing a "grave situation" as the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak jumped to 42.
Lawyers for US President Donald Trump have begun his defence at the Senate impeachment trial, arguing that Democrats' efforts to remove the president from office would set a "very, very dangerous" precedent in an election year.
The Herald's picture editors showcase the best images from around the globe.
A powerful Democrat even called Trump a dictator, but they are no closer to removing him from office.
The magnitude 6.8 quake shook Elazig province, about 550 kilometres east of the capital Ankara.
Chaotic scenes in hospitals and a terrified population belie the official picture of a government in control.
The former Nissan CEO fled to Lebanon, as he was awaiting trial on charges including misappropriation of company funds, all of which he denies.
Neve Te Aroha Ardern Gayford, 18 months, was exceptionally well behaved in Ratana, New Zealand.
Only one man survived when the B-25 Mitchell was shot down by the German air force on January 19, 1945.
London has faced several terror attacks and seen an increase in crime in recent years and police say this will help identify people on wanted lists.
