Myanmar soldiers and police deliberately fired on protesters in Yangon on March 14, killing at least 65 in a planned attack, a rights watchdog says.
AAP
President Vladimir Putin is demanding "legal guarantees" that NATO won't expand further east as tensions rise over a Russian troop build-up near Ukraine.
Vladimir Isachenkov
NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced defence forces and police will be sent to the Solomon Islands at the request of the Pacific nation's government.
President Vladimir Putin says Russia would be forced to act if its "red line" on Ukraine is crossed by NATO.
The Taliban has executed or forcibly disappeared more than 100 former government security forces since seizing power in Afghanistan, according to a new report.
Lee Keath
The premier of Malaita province in the Solomon Islands is unhappy Australia sent forces at Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare's request, a political aide says.
Kirsty Needham
Ethiopia says it has retaken the rebel-held town of Chifra, but denies any involvement in a separate attack on a Sudan army post.
China has sent 27 aircraft into Taiwan's air defence zone after the disputed island receives government officials from the US, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia.
Demonstrators in Niger have clashed with a French military convoy after it crossed the border from Burkina Faso, a local official.
Boureima Balima and John Irish
The brave life of Corporal Fred Rose – Western Australia’s last standing ‘Rat of Tobruk’ – ended last week after 102 years.
Tim Clarke
Ethiopia has warned the "powerful states of the West" against "spreading false information" as fighting continues in the country's year-long civil war.
A Chinese spy ship spent three weeks circling Australia’s coastline earlier this year, Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews has revealed.
Sarah Ison
National Geographic magazine's famed green-eyed "Afghan Girl" Sharbat Gula has arrived in Italy, officials say.
Crispian Balmer
Images of crowds of protesters and burning buildings in the Solomon Islands' capital have sparked security concerns amid a 36-hour lockdown.
Byron Kaye
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has taken charge of the conflict against approaching Tigray forces by going to the battlefront, officials say.
Cara Anna
Taiwan is on the list of 110 countries invited to the first Summit for Democracy, a virtual event hosted by the US that aims to promote freedom worldwide.
Humeyra Pamuk
After being blockaded by Chinese coast guard vessels last week, the Philippines has again sent two supply boats to marines stationed in the south China sea.
JIM GOMEZ
A Palestinian gunman has killed one Israeli and injured several others before being fatally shot by Israeli police near the entrance to a Jerusalem holy site .
Ousted Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok will be reinstated after a deal between the military and civilian political parties, the Umma Party says.
Khalid Abdelaziz
Yemen's Houthis say they have launched a series of drone attacks against several Saudi cities and at the Aramco facilities in Jeddah.
The UK government says anyone expressing support for the Palestinian group Hamas will be in breach of the law.
Stephen Farrell and Alistair Smout
Taliban officials and Kabul residents say two explosions have hit the Afghan capital, killing at least one person.
James Mackenzie
Clashes on the border with Armenia have left seven Azerbaijani soldiers dead and 10 others injured, Baku's defence ministry says.
Armenia says 15 of its soldiers have been killed and 12 captured in new border clashes with Azerbaijan.
Nailia Bagirova
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