World
'Morally right and legally right': May defends strike on Syria
British PM says Russia helped Syria block chemical weapons inspectors from entering Douma, the site of the regime chlorine attack.
- by Nick Miller
Donald Trump stops new Russian sanctions after Syria chemical attack
- by Philip Rucker & Carol D. Leonnig
Opinion & Perspectives
It's not too late for the west to do some good in Syria
It would be dangerously easy to walk away from Syria in the mistaken belief that nothing can be done.
Greg Barton
Launching missiles was the easy bit. Now what about Syria's future?
The Isil "caliphate" might have collapsed, but a patchwork of jihadi splinter groups have sprung up in its place.
Juliet Samuel
Russia's been at war with the US for years – they just didn't know it
It's taken a while, but it seems that the US is starting to grasp the nature of the campaign that Russia has been waging against it for years.
Peter Hartcher
North America
Passenger partly sucked out of jet window identified as bank executive
Jennifer Riordan was killed after the twin-engine 737 apparently blew an engine at 30,000 feet and got hit by shrapnel that smashed the window.
Breaking
USA
Former US First Lady Barbara Bush dies
Former US First Lady Barbara Bush has died at the age of 92, a statement says.
Europe
Asia
Trump: US talking at 'extremely high levels' with North Korea
US President Donald Trump disclosed on Tuesday that the US is having direct talks at "extremely high levels" with Pyongyang to try to set up a summit.
- by Steve Holland
Facebook grilled by Indonesian Parliament over user data breach
The social media giant was hauled before parliament to explain why more than a million Indonesians may have had their data accessed by Cambridge Analytica.
- by James Massola
Trade war crosswinds blow as Telstra supplier banned by US government
- by Kirsty Needham and John McDuling
Also in World
Islamic State duo linked to Australia plane bomb plot arrested in Iraq
Two IS fighters allegedly connected to Australian terrorism - including a plot to blow up a plane leaving Sydney last year - have been captured in Iraq.
