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Special counsel Robert Mueller has kept a tight lid on the Russia probe.

Turn in your smartphones: How Mueller kept a lid on Trump-Russia probe

In a city known for its leaks, Mueller pulled off a rare feat. He has kept a tight lid on both his office and the evidence he was amassing in his highly sensitive investigation.

by Karen Freifeld and Nathan Layne

Pauline Ngarmpring is running for the Thai prime ministership.

'It's not about being famous': Meet Thailand's first transgender PM candidate

by James Massola and Veena Thoopkrajae

Brazil's President Michel Temer in 2018.

Former Brazil president Michel Temer arrested on corruption charges

by Marina Lopes

Chhaya Kharade, 36, an unemployed farm labourer makes tea inside her house in Chincholi, India, in March.

From farms to slums, Indian women on sharp end of jobs crisis

by Alexandra Ulmer and Suvashree Choudhury

New Zealand National Party MP Judith Collins.

'Bugger off,' NZ ex-police minister tells National Rifle Association

by Nick O'Malley

Opinion & Perspectives

Toxic tribalism and the sad, broken state of Australian conversation

Matthew Knott

Australia is swimming in the same dangerous waters as America and it's worth thinking whether we want to venture any further from the shore.

Crimea: Enduring five years in a human rights black hole

Dr. Mykola Kulinich

This month marks five years since Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula was invaded and subsequently occupied by Russia.

What will change as shock waves of terrorism flow across two countries?

John Warhurst

The shock of the Christchurch terror attack has reverberated across Australian and New Zealand. But will the consequences be permanent or temporary.

North America

Special counsel Robert Mueller has delivered his final report to the Attorney General.

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Robert Mueller delivers final report, ending Russia investigation

The completion of his investigation is a turning point for Trump, whose presidency has been dogged by an inquiry he routinely rages against on Twitter as a "witch hunt."

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump, in happier times.

Trump reverses new sanctions on N Korea that US imposed on Thursday

The President's tweet took US Treasury officials by surprise on Friday as they had only announced sanctions the day before.

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by Deb Riechmann

Turn in your smartphones: How Mueller kept a lid on Trump-Russia probe

by Karen Freifeld and Nathan Layne

Australia is not immune from the tribalism that has afflicted modern day America.

Opinion

Toxic tribalism and the sad, broken state of Australian conversation

by Matthew Knott

In this file courtroom sketch, Cesar Sayoc raises his arm to swear to the truth of his statement of need for assigned counsel, during his presentment in Manhattan Federal Court in New York.

Florida man pleads guilty to mailing bombs to Trump foes

Europe

Anne Brokenbrow, 104, arrested to fulfil her greatest wish

by Steve Jacobs

British Prime Minister Theresa May speaks during a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels.

EU allows Britain a delay on Brexit date

by Nick Miller

The mosque on Birchfield Road, Birmingham, central England, with its windows apparently smashed with a sledgehammer.

British police investigating attacks on five mosques in Birmingham

by Palko Karasz

Britain's Home Office quotes Bible to reject asylum seeker

by Gabriella Swerling

Russian President Vladimir Putin, centre, visits inspects the road section of the road-rail bridge linking Crimea to mainland Russia near Kerch, Crimea in March 2018.

Opinion

Crimea: Enduring five years in a human rights black hole

by Dr. Mykola Kulinich

Theresa May, UK prime minister, makes a statement inside number 10 Downing Street.

'Matter of great personal regret': May asks Brussels for Brexit delay

by Nick Miller

Asia

A new Cold War: Professor Yasuhiro Matsuda speaking at the Monash University Law Chambers.

New 'Cold war' could claim Chinese students, says Japanese lecturer

The tussle between China and the US over Huawei is the start of a rivalry that will reshape the world, a security expert says.

by Chris Zappone

Firefighters walk past the site of a factory explosion in Jiangsu province in eastern China.

Explosion at Chinese chemical plant kills 47, injures 640

An explosion at a pesticide plant in eastern China has killed 47 people and injured more than 600, state media said, the latest casualties in a series of industrial accidents that has angered the public.

by David Stanway, Dominique Patton, Ben Blanchard and Lusha Zhang

Trump diplomacy

US targets Chinese shipping companies in new North Korea sanctions

by Matt Spetalnick and David Brunnstrom

Coal

Australian coal a better deal for China than Trump’s, says expert

by Kirsty Needham

China

Car ploughs into crowd in China, killing six

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Phill Dunlop of Carterton with his competition semi-automatic rifle at Gladstone Rifle Range.

Christchurch shooting

Sport shooters' passion would be extinguished by NZ assault rifle ban

While there has been widespread support for the recently-announced ban on military-style firearm ownership, for some the move will destroy their beloved sport.