President Vladimir Putin says Russia expects that its co-operation with North Korea will serve as a deterrent to the West. Russian...

Europe and the Middle East could provide a model for Australia to deploy nuclear energy but its development would be expensive, an...

Australia is looking at how it can support Ukraine in a "practical way" as Kyiv is increasingly worried its plea for a coal shipment may...

China will attempt to land a spacecraft on the northeast side of the moon's south pole, described by scientists as the "golden belt" for...

A nearly-complete skeleton of an extinct, non-hopping kangaroo species has been painstakingly retrieved, piece by piece from a cave 20...

Pope Francis has opened his first trip of the year with a visit to a women's prison hosting the Vatican's exhibition at the prestigious...

After a year of rigorous training, a 39-year-old engineer and mum of two has become the first person to qualify as an astronaut under the...

Benjamin Netanyahu has summoned his war cabinet for the second time in less than 24 hours to weigh a response to Iran's weekend missile...

Global markets have struggled for direction early in Asia trading after the weekend developments in the Middle East. Gold prices rose on...

While a shortage of chips is proving a big constraint for the development of AI, it could be smarter than the smartest human by next...

Google has resolved a lawsuit that claimed it had deceived users by tracking their web activity through its Chrome browser. Google has...

Recovery teams are working on opening a second temporary channel near the collapsed Baltimore bridge, Maryland's governor says. The US...

An international effort led by Australian astronomers has discovered dozens of new space galaxies with the help of a cutting edge radio...

China remains a "very good friend", New Zealand's defence minister says, despite Beijing backing a cyber attack on the NZ parliament and...

Tributes and support for the Princess of Wales after her cancer revelation have been extremely moving for her and Prince William, a royal...

A new installation at the Melbourne Holocaust Museum invites people to reflect on how to remember Nazi atrocities from the other side of...

North Korea "strongly denounces the reckless military drills of the US and (South Korea) for getting more undisguised in their military...

An Australian-led team of astronomers has discovered what may be the brightest object in the universe, a massive quasar with a black hole...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying six satellites has blasted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. A SpaceX Falcon 9...

South Korea's military says it has detected North Korea firing multiple cruise missiles into waters off its northeastern coast in its...