14+ hour, 14+ min ago   (744+ words) North Korea said it conducted a joint live-fire drill involving missiles, artillery and drones that it claimed demonstrated “huge destructive power". Experts say that North Korea is accelerating testing activities despite US President Donald Trump's recent decision to scale back…...

21+ hour, 30+ min ago   (1019+ words) Russian strikes killed eight civilians and wounded dozens of other people in Ukraine, local officials said, after Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that sending European troops into Ukraine would amount to direct conflict with Russia. Ukraine is under mounting pressure…...

23+ hour, 8+ min ago   (1147+ words) The 20-year-old died after being found unconscious at a party in Dunedin. (Source: istock.com) The "senseless" death of a Dunedin student who choked on his own vomit at a party has been described as "a woeful illustration of the…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (596+ words) Police seized cash and gold bars from Phra Wachirayan's residence. (Source: Getty) Thai police have arrested a Buddhist monk accused of embezzling 100 million baht (NZ$5.2 million) from his monastery, along with a female accomplice who he was filmed having sex…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1102+ words) Daniel Owen Conahan Jr (Source: Supplied) A Florida man convicted in one of a series of suspected killings that became known as the “Hog Trail Murders” in the 1990s was put to death, becoming the state’s 15th person executed this year. Daniel…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (868+ words) Lindsay Clancy and her attorney, Kevin Reddington, listen to testimony from Rebecca Jollotta during Clancy's murder trial in Plymouth, Massachusetts. (Source: Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool) (Source: Supplied) Lindsay Clancy shouldn’t be tried a second time for…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1265+ words) A week before 9/11's 25th anniversary the Tribute of Light marks where the World Trade Centre once stood. (Source: Getty) Twenty-five years ago today, the world’s strongest military state found itself powerless to prevent attacks on its homeland by al Qaeda,…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1231+ words) The New York Stock Exchange is shown in New York's Financial District. (Source: Associated Press) Oil prices keep climbing as the war with Iran keeps clogging the global flow of crude, and they leaped Friday to their highest levels since…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (653+ words) The shattered window on a Ryanair plane that was broken by a stray engine part shortly after takeoff, causing a man's head to be sucked into the hole. (Source: Reuters) The CEO of Ryanair disputed that a passenger injured during…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (707+ words) Pages from the Anthropic website and the company's logos are displayed on a computer screen in New York. (Source: Associated Press) An Anthropic researcher said he is resigning from the company over concerns the artificial intelligence firm and its competitors…...