• Eric Roston

It sounds like the beginning of a Hollywood zombie thriller. But a bigger, less exciting horror film is also playing out as in Siberia.

Donald Trump's claim is an unprecedented assertion by a modern presidential candidate.

• Jewel Topsfield

Indonesia and Australia have recommitted to finalising a free trade deal within 18 months, despite the appointment of a new Indonesian trade minister in last week's cabinet reshuffle.

• Lindsay Murdoch

Australian officials fear couples seeking to become biological parents of babies born to surrogate mothers will become entangled in Cambodia's murky and corrupt legal system.

• Philip Wen

Chinese legal rights activist Zhai Yanmin's trial - and his confession - followed a very familiar script.

• Nick Miller

The Brain family are now expected to leave Britain voluntarily, but they can be forcibly deported.

• Jewel Topsfield

More than 13,000 farmers are launching a class action over the worst spill in the history of Australia's offshore petroleum industry.

• ANALYSIS
• Paul McGeough

Pundits have yet to come up with an explanation for this candidate's willingness to inflict wounds on himself.

• Josie Ensor

The Syrian city of Aleppo is in mourning after a child actor who brought joy to its besieged populace was killed by a missile.

Donald Trump's rhetoric on the campaign trail grew even darker Monday after a??a new poll was released showing him trailing Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.

• Lauren McGaughy

The memorial ceremony wasn't about the new campus carry law, attendees said, and yet its impact coloured the proceedings.

• Philip Wen

Instead of relief, the re-emergence of one of China's most prominent human rights lawyers has prompted suspicion of a coerced public confession.

• Paul McGeough

Trump claims he is worth $US10 billion. But he refuses to release his tax returns and some estimates of his fortune put it as low as $US3 billion.

Venezuela's government denied on Monday that zoo animals were dying of starvation amid a national food shortage, saying they were being lovingly treated "like family."

• Hawaii
• Ryan W. Miller

It takes more muscles to frown than to smile, but it took a volcanic eruption to see nature's grin.

• Josie Ensor

Islamic State has ordered its supporters in the West to carry out more attacks on Christians, in the latest issue of its monthly online magazine, Dabiq.

• Goran Tomasevic

US President Barack Obama authorised the air strikes, the White House said.

• Laila Kearney

The move has been criticised as baseless fear-mongering about new technology by some.

• Ivan Nechepurenko

Video from the scene showed men cheering around the bodies and wreckage, with one jumping on a body, joyfully.

The man is believed to be the leader of an international email scam targeting small to medium-sized businesses in countries including Australia.

• Nick Miller

An Australian family facing deportation from the UK say they will not give up their fight to stay, as a deadline to meet visa requirements expired.

A Sydney woman has been killed in Bali when she was hit by a motorbike that was travelling at high speed, police say.

• Philip Wen

Uber's multi-billion dollar solo China ride has come to a stop with the acquisition of its Chinese operations.

• David Wroe

Australia is likely to have military assets in the South China Sea to gather vital intelligence on a joint drill between Chinese and Russian forces next month, Fairfax Media understands.

• Lindsay Murdoch

A photo of the all-too-human human aftermath of one of the hundreds of vigilante killings inspired by President Duterte's ant-drugs stance has got the the nation talking.