Civil Unrest

An "unprecedented" surprise offensive launched by a coalition of ethnic-based armies and pro-democracy fighters in Myanmar's north has some observers convinced the country's ruling junta is likely to be defeated.

Palestinians living in Australia mourn the death of loved ones in Gaza while dealing with survivor's guilt, while some warn of a looming mental health crisis. 

Serbia President Aleksandar Vučić denies claims made by the Kosovo government that he backed insurgency that led to weekend shootout.

The new restrictions will be part of a six-month trial, requested by the Gove Peninsula Harmony Group and supported by the Northern Territory government.

Israeli forces kill two Palestinians, including a fighter of the Islamist Hamas group, during a raid on a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, emergency workers and Hamas said.

Canada and India have expelled each other's top diplomats in last 24 hours. Here's why Australia is 'deeply concerned'.

Speaking to religious leaders in Washington, the presumptive Republican nominee for next year's US presidential election questions Joe Biden's cognitive ability, but gets mixed up when talking about world wars and his political rivals.

As Iran's authoritarian regime has increased its brutality, its citizens have become more defiant — in Tehran's streets and in cyberspace. Iranians in the diaspora say the regime's days are numbered.

With a seemingly endless supply of guns, money and young men willing to act as mercenaries, tribal fighting in PNG has become akin to guerilla warfare.

If successful, the coup attempt in Gabon will be the eighth one since 2020 in West and Central Africa, a region that in the past decade had made strides to shed its reputation as a "coup belt".

Khadidja is one of thousands of refugees who fled Sudan after a bloody civil war broke out between the army and a paramilitary group. Now she’s stuck inside one of the worst humanitarian crises on earth. 

An air strike in a Sudanese city kills at least 22 people, health authorities say, in one of the deadliest attacks yet in the three months of fighting between Sudan's rival generals.

Serbia's president Aleksandar Vucic accuses Kosovo of carrying out "silent ethnic cleansing" of Serbs and says his country will seek a meeting with NATO's chief and an urgent session of United Nations Security Council to demand their protection.

French police clear protesters from the iconic central Paris square of Place de la Concorde after an impromptu demonstration started amid nationwide unrest following the fatal shooting of a teenager by police.

France entered its third night of riots after police shot dead a 17-year-old in his car. What is happening and why is it escalating?

Police clash with protesters across France amid riots over the deadly police shooting of a 17-year-old boy during a traffic stop. 

A 17-year-old boy who worked as a delivery driver is shot dead by police during a traffic stop, sparking anger and unrest.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the unprecedented challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin by Wagner fighters exposed fresh "cracks" in his leadership and could aid Ukraine's counteroffensive against Russian forces.

The boss of the Wagner mercenaries has aborted his bid to topple Russia's military leaders. Here's what we know about the deal brokered with Yevgeny Prigozhin and what the fallout from the mutiny might mean for Vladimir Putin.

Wagner troops leave Rostov-on-Don and Yevgeny Prigozhin will move to Belarus under a deal brokered by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to end the mutiny.

Russian authorities have accused Mr Prigozhin of staging an armed mutiny after he alleged that the military leadership had killed a huge number of his fighters in an air strike, and vowed to punish them.

President Vladimir Putin vows to defend Russia against an armed rebellion by mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led his troops out of Ukraine and into a key city south of Moscow.

A Turkish defence ministry official says around 500 Turkish troops would be going to Kosovo.

NATO will deploy more forces to northern Kosovo after 30 of its peacekeepers were injured in clashes with ethnic Serb protesters.

The tennis superstar said Kosovo was the "heart of Serbia" despite it being recognised as a sovereign state 15 years ago.