Authorities say Kazem Hamad was a national security threat and remains influential in Melbournes criminal networks.

Princess Leila Pahlavi was the youngest daughter of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran

Iran is conducting live gunfire exercises along its Persian Gulf coast and in areas bordering Iraq and Azerbaijan, as Tehran faces mounting pressure from nationwide anti-government protests and the looming threat of US military intervention.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that the United States was fragmenting the very international system which Washington helped to create.

Some personnel have been advised to leave the US military's Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar by Wednesday evening, three diplomats told Reuters, amid warnings from Washington that it could intervene to protect protesters in Iran.

France has banned ten British far-right activists for actions in France intended to stop migrants crossing to the United Kingdom on small boats, the French interior ministry said Wednesday.

In an unsettling incident in Hounslow, West London, 200 members of the Sikh community gathered chanting, "Jo Bole So Nihaal, Sat Sri Akal," to rescue a 16-year-old girl held captive by a man in his late 30s.

Amidst worries of delay in elections in Bangladesh, Chief Adviser of the Interim Government in Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus, has reiterated that "No matter who says what, elections will be held on February 12, not a day before, not a day after."

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi plans to dissolve parliament's lower house next week, triggering a national election to decide all 465 seats in her first major election test since taking office in October.

Elon Musk has filed for full custody of his son, Romulus, following Ashley St Clair's social media posts supporting transgender issues.

A train travelling from Thailand's capital, Bangkok, to the country's northeast was derailed after a construction crane fell on top of one of its carriages, killing at least 28 people and injuring more than 80, police said.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that US control of Greenland was "vital" for his planned Golden Dome air and missile defence system.

US President Donald Trump has encouraged Iranians to keep protesting, saying, 'Help is on its way," amid a bloody crackdown, which, according to activists, claimed at least 2,000 lives.

Chinese authorities have instructed domestic companies to cease using cybersecurity software developed by approximately a dozen firms from the US and Israel, citing national security concerns, according to a report.

A funeral ceremony began in Tehran on Wednesday for over 100 members of the security forces and other "martyrs" killed in the wave of protests that has rocked the Islamic Republic, state television said.

What China stands to lose after Trump's Venezuela blitz, India may soon be building at home.

Iran's stockpile of missiles has increased since a 12day war with Israel last year, Revolutionary Guards' Aerospace Commander Majid Mousavi said on Wednesday according to

NASA and the US Department of Energy signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop a nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030.

A skier in Engelberg, Switzerland, spotted an arm sticking out of snow after an avalanche and quickly dug out the buried man, rescuing him alive and uninjured, a video of which has gone viral.

Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) has once again reiterated its commitment to violent jihad in Jammu and Kashmir, with its senior commander openly delivering a genocidal hate speech inciting mass violence against Hindus.