Romania has set up displacement camps and launched rescue operations after floods killed at least four people and destroyed thousands of homes in the east of the country.

A mother charged with murdering her two sons at their Blue Mountains home has made a brief court appearance where she was remanded in custody.

Bomb threats have prompted the evacuation of schools and government buildings for a second day in an Ohio community that has been the focus of unwanted attention after former US president Donald Trump amplified false rumours that Haitian immigrants are abducting and eating pets.

Three US citizens are among 37 defendants sentenced to death by a military court for their role in a May failed coup in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The death toll in the aftermath of a typhoon in Vietnam has climbed to 233 as rescue workers recovered more bodies from areas hit by landslides and flash floods, state media reported.

Ukraine has accused Russia of using strategic bombers to strike a civilian grain vessel in a missile attack in Black Sea waters near NATO member Romania.

Junior doctors in Kolkata are defying a court order to continue protests against the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a state-run hospital in the city.

Banks, telcos and social media companies could be fined up to $50 million for failing to protect Australians from scammers.

Russia’s defence ministry says its forces have recaptured 10 settlements seized by Ukrainian forces in a surprise incursion in Russia’s Kursk border region last month.

Russia “started” the conflict in Ukraine and can end it “straight away”, Sir Keir Starmer has said after Vladimir Putin suggested Moscow would regard Western missiles being fired into Russia as a serious escalation of the war.

Some older Australians will now have to pay more for aged care, but the government says it will be worth it.

A joint development deal with Germany will unlock $660 million of shared investment in Australian hydrogen projects, providing some certainty after setbacks.