Iraqi Kurds cast ballots on Monday in their autonomous region and in a wide sweep of captured territories on whether to seek independence from Baghdad, a historic vote that has also raised tensions and fears of instability.

Horrific video clip shows the moment officer Johnathan McDonnell, who was responding to an emergency call, ploughed into the side of a family car, killing Joel Anthony Suina

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Excruciating footage captured the moment medics extracted the worm after a man admitted himself to hospital with a swollen face and eye

Australia announced on Monday it would create its own space agency to increase its share of the $330-billion US space economy.

WASHINGTON — With his attacks on activist athletes, President Donald Trump plunged into the middle of his favourite kind of drama — personal, aggressive, culturally volatile and entirely of his own making.