
Police say they believe abducted child was murdered as body found in Outback
The five-year-old girl was last seen on Saturday at an Aboriginal town camp near Alice Springs.
FRIDAY, 08 MAY 2026, 09:09

The five-year-old girl was last seen on Saturday at an Aboriginal town camp near Alice Springs.

His remarks come after the German chancellor criticised the US approach to the war in Iran.

BBC reports from Kenya, home to Sabastian Sawe, the first man to run a marathon in under two hours.

A severe storm outbreak has been battering parts of the Midwest and Southern United States for nearly a week.

The first man to run a marathon in under two hours in a competitive race received a hero’s welcome from supporters and family when he arrived home.

The RBI is mulling measures to tackle rising cases of digital fraud in India – but will they work?

Canada is weighing whether a year-round northern trade route to Europe from Churchill, Manitoba, is viable, as climate change speeds Arctic warming.

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth sparred with Democratic lawmakers during a nearly six-hour-long hearing, in his first time facing questions under oath since the start of the Iran war.

The state is the latest to act in a national redistricting war that could shape what political party controls the US House of Representatives.

The three octogenarian nuns, who made headlines last year after they broke back into their convent, joined others at St. Peter’s Square for a general audience with Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday morning.

Indonesia is in the midst of a nickel boom, but there are concerns about how the mineral is mined and refined, and about its cost to the environment and local health.

There were highly charged scenes as former senior regime official, Atef Najib, appeared before a Damascus court.

The Pentagon estimates the war has cost $25 billion over the past two months. In congressional testimony, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not say when the war might end.

The final operation to save the whale is being closely followed, after the failure of earlier attempts.

Prosecutors argue Cole Tomas Allen should remain in custody until trial on a charge of attempted assassination of President Donald Trump.

Authorities say the Coco platform has been linked to sexual abuse of children, drug offences, rape and murder.

The decision will make it more difficult to successfully challenge legislative maps for diluting the voting power of racial minorities.

Israel and Hezbollah are still fighting in Lebanon despite a US-brokered ceasefire that began 12 days ago.

In the warm sun, gathering handfuls of hard olives promised a taste of home that residents of a village in the Homs countryside had been missing for nearly 14 years of civil war.

The King and the US president exchanged several jokes during their speeches at a state banquet.

An appeals court sentenced ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol to 7 years in prison for resisting arrest and bypassing a Cabinet meeting before his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024.