The first agreement signed under a trade initiative between Taiwan and the United States will come into force, both governments announced, as Taipei hopes a raft of ongoing talks will eventually lead to a free trade deal.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will testify for the first time in his long-running corruption trial.

A terror attack in New Zealand remains a “realistic possibility” over the next year as evolving global and domestic security trends continue to drive extremist sentiment, the country’s intelligence service said on Tuesday.

Safety for tens of thousands of Pacific islander workers in Australia as part of a labour scheme is a major issue with road accidents and exploitation key concerns.

Damascus stirred back to life at the start of a hopeful but uncertain era after rebels seized the Syrian capital and President Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia, following 13 years of civil war and more than 50 years of his family’s brutal rule.

Around 180 people were killed over the weekend in Haiti’s Cite Soleil area, Haiti’s prime minister’s office said on Monday, after attacks that an NGO said were ordered by a gang leader who suspected his child had been made ill using witchcraft.

Small-time drug pushers operating dial-a-dealer schemes are in police sights in the lead-up to Christmas as revellers unwind during the party season.

A jogger’s grisly early morning discovery has sparked a major police investigation after they found a body wrapped in plastic near the nation’s busiest airport.

A multi-layered civil war on Australia’s doorstep is a prime example of the consequences foreign investors face if they don’t share their profits with locals, Papua New Guinea’s prime minister says.

Hu’akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni, the Tonga Prime Minister, has resigned rather than face a no-confidence motion.

After 13 years of civil war, Syria’s opposition militias sensed an opportunity to loosen President Bashar al-Assad’s grip on power when, about six months ago, they communicated to Turkey plans for a major offensive and felt they had received its tacit approval, two sources with knowledge of the planning said.