Police in Western Australia have called off a search for a swimmer attacked by a shark.Paul Millachip, 57, was swimming at Port Beach near Fremantle on Saturday morning when he was attacked by what...

Afghanistan is launching a four-day polio vaccination campaign, the Taliban-run public health ministry says.Afghanistan and neighbouring Pakistan are the only two countries in the world where the crippling disease remains endemic. Vaccination teams face difficulties...

Poor countries have "borrowed to our eyeballs" and must be granted more cash to cope with the climate change ruining lives and livelihoods around the world, a representative of 46 developing nations has told...

An Australian woman has become a millionaire after winning the country's vaccine lottery prize.Joanne Zhu, 25, was among almost three million Australians who were in the draw for the AU$1m (GBP550,000) cash prize just...

Travel company Expedia has stopped selling holidays that involve performances by dolphins and whales in captivity.Expedia Group said: "We recently adjusted our animal welfare policy. "As a result, attractions and activities that involve performances by...

Iraq's prime minister has survived an attempted assassination by a drone armed with explosives.The government said the drone targeted Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al Kadhimi's home in Baghdad's Green Zone early on Sunday. By...

Iraq's prime minister has survived an attempted assassination by a drone armed with explosives.The government said the drone targeted Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al Kadhimi's home in Baghdad's Green Zone early on Sunday. State news...

A family's "pet dog" that angered neighbours by killing and eating ducks and chickens has turned out to be a fox.Maribel Soleto bought a new pup from a small shop in central Lima, Peru,...