Senior Trump administration officials considered resigning en masse last year in a "midnight self-massacre" to sound a public alarm about US President Donald Trump's conduct, but rejected the idea because they believed it would further destabilise an already teetering government, according to a new book by an unnamed author.
Hong Kong students attacked their own university and clashed with police as anger erupted following the death of a protester.
A schoolboy who stabbed his former girlfriend to death, then placed her hand on the knife in her neck to make it look as though she had killed herself, has been jailed for life.
Pakistan faced a fresh blow to its polio eradication efforts and accusations of a cover-up after officials confirmed an outbreak of a strain thought to have been stamped out.
The Australian state of New South Wales was in the grip of an unprecedented bushfire crisis last night, with almost 50 fires still raging out of control despite the efforts of 1,200 firefighters and 70 firefighting planes.
NATO must grow and change or risk becoming obsolete, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said yesterday, a day after French President Emmanuel Macron said the alliance was dying.
Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg is making plans to enter the Democratic presidential primary campaign this week, a reflection of anxiety among party elites about the unsettled field of current contenders.
