Knowledge of the defector was kept from FBI, Langley due to potential compromise of those agencies.

Russia's Yana Sizikova had been detained as part of an investigation into fixing at the French Open.

In a tearful interview, Roman Protasevich appeared to admit to organising anti-government protests.

The Peequal is the brainchild of two festival goers who were fed up with long queues for the toilet.

The new show is adapted from a comic book series and has been co-produced by Robert Downey Jr.

If Valentina Petrillo is selected for Italy's squad in Tokyo this year, she will be the first trans woman Paralympian.

Campaigners say they offer women a safe place to go, but critics say they perpetuate period shaming.

We know very little about our mysterious planetary neighbour. Here is what the two newly announced missions to Venus will aim to find out.

Hundreds gather near Victoria Park to mark China's crackdown on protesters at Tiananmen Square, after a vigil organiser was arrested.

The pandemic saw the remote East Kimberley effectively cut off from the rest of Australia to protect its vulnerable Indigenous population. But signs of life are returning and lessons in resilience abound.

A judge says a Canberra man who downloaded "abhorrent" child abuse material could serve jail time — though his lawyer calls for leniency after he was attacked with hot wax at a nightclub. Warning: Distressing content

Regulators say a new version of a popular diabetes medicine can be sold as a weight-loss drug in the U.S. The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Wegovy.

Health authorities are trying to determine whether heart inflammation that can occur along with many types of infections could also be a rare side effect in teens and young adults after the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine.