Dineth Fernando has only been in Australia for less than a year and has already brought home a world youth title for his country.

The bodies of two World War Two German soldiers have been found in Budapest's Danube river, due to record-low water levels after an intense drought.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, who earned a reputation for acid putdowns of journalists, is to step down, US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday (Aug 12), adding she would remain a senior advisor.

A peek inside dogs' brains revealed man's best friend can distinguish emotions in people's faces, researchers at the ​University of Vienna have found, providing what they said ‌was the first ever evidence of such an ability.

About 2.4 million girls in Afghanistan are barred from secondary school, the United Nations cultural agency has said, renewing its call on the Taliban government to lift restrictions on female education.

Brazil has lost an area of native vegetation more than twice the size of France in the past four decades, increasing vulnerability to extreme weather events from El Nino, a study showed on Wednesday (Aug 12).

Football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has married his longtime partner - model and influencer Georgina Rodríguez - in a civil ceremony in Portugal.

Lebanon's parliament on Tuesday (Aug 11) abolished the death penalty, making the country the first in the Middle East to formally end the practice.

France has banned unsolicited telemarketing phone calls, in what a consumer group is hailing as a "small revolution" for the sales industry.

The captain of an Air India Phuket-Delhi flight that suddenly lost about 300 feet of altitude last week has tested positive for marijuana in a confirmatory drug test, Indian news television channels reported on Tuesday (Aug 11).

Four crew members were killed in an attack by Iran-backed Houthis on a small cargo ship in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Tuesday (Aug 11), Yemen's transport ministry said, while sources reported a missile attack on a container ship off Pakistan in a suspected US strike.

Australia will roll out bird flu vaccines in the "coming days and weeks" with native species and birds in captivity first in line for protection from the deadly disease.

A daily glass of 100% fruit juice or a smoothie may help improve more than just fruit intake.

The cancellation of a flight in Canada after a child refused to wear a seat belt has reignited a debate about the etiquette and safety procedures relating to children travelling on planes.

Jackie, a bald eagle in California who became an online star, died on Monday after receiving weeks of veterinary treatment.

The world's oceans hit their hottest ever recorded temperatures for July, partly fuelled by developing El Niño conditions in the Pacific, according to the EU's climate monitoring service.

Police in India have fired tear gas shells on protesters demanding reforms to recruitment exams in the eastern state of Jharkhand.

Western Europe experienced its hottest June-July on record as climate change fuels an historic summer of heat, drought and wildfires across the region, the European Union's global warming monitor said Monday (Aug 10).