The road to Sinjar passes through dozens of bleak, damp, wrecked villages. So swiftly have the Islamist al-Nusra retreated through the fog and rain that the Syrian army has not had time to erase their equally bleak graffiti.

A journalist was seen hugging his two-year-old daughter goodbye outside a Myanmar court as he faces 14 years in prison for allegedly breaching the Official Secrets Act. 

In Asia-Pacific reefs, the majority of corals with junk on them have some kind of infection.

The spy agency is briefing the president about military options on North Korea, which outside analysts warn could escalate to nuclear war.

“The Interior Department’s own factual record shows that the risks to our health and environment are real. 

Imports from Russia jumped 36 per cent in 2017, while those from Mongolian rose 27 per cent – but Australia remains China’s biggest coal supplier

Bill Richardson, the former governor of New Mexico and a friend of Aung San Suu Kyi, has dramatically quit a group advising her on the Rohingya refugee crisis, calling it a “whitewash”.

Shahin Sadafi and Natasha Elcock tell of their struggles after the deadly fire and how they feel officials still are not listening

“Your cast is about to get gunned down in a matter of hours,” the man is quoted as saying in court documents.

More than a decade ago, President Donald Trump allegedly sat around with his mistress watching television while talking about how much he hates sharks and would not mind if they al died Now, those comments are coming back to bite him — in the sense that they are helping out the sharks of the world.