Jordanian security forces arrested three men following a shootout after a deadly attack on a church in the southern village of Hmoud left nine Christians dead. No group has yet claimed responsibility for last Friday's shooting, officials said.

Egypt's parliament has authorised military support for Saudi Arabia as Houthi attacks on the kingdom continue. Cairo has ruled out any direct strikes on Yemen itself, framing the move as defensive backing for its Gulf ally.

Defence personnel at Sydney's historic Victoria Barracks are preparing for a Christmas eviction as NSW's premier urges the sale to be reversed.

Australian small businesses are falling further behind on payments as inflation, high interest rates and new regulations collide.

Satellite imagery analysed by a defence researcher suggests China has quietly begun limited production of a next-generation airborne early-warning aircraft meant to track targets over the Pacific.

China's ruling Communist Party opened a highly secretive four-day Plenum in Beijing on Monday, with analysts expecting President Xi Jinping to tighten internal party discipline.

A church official says armed men killed more than 60 people in a weekend ambush in Ethiopia's Oromia region, with survivors describing door-to-door attacks.

Algiers will send soldiers across the border to guard energy sites in northern Niger near Libya, in its first foreign deployment since 1973.

New EU rules would let border agency Frontex transfer migrants directly between third countries, expanding its deportation role far beyond Europe's own borders.

UK Chancellor Healey plans changes in this week's Budget to stop the rising state pension pulling low-income retirees into paying income tax for the first time.

Goldman Sachs says the dollar could climb roughly 12% against Brazil's real, to near R$5.60, in a fresh jolt for investors after Lula's re-election.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won a fourth term as Brazil's president, but a conservative-led Congress and a deeply split electorate threaten to stall his agenda from day one.

Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to around 60,000 employees as it tries to balance a rapid AI infrastructure build-out with capital efficiency. The offer comes as the company continues pouring billions into data centers to support its artificial intelligence ambitions.

Anthropic, the company behind the Claude chatbot, told US regulators in its initial public offering filing that its own technology carries a 'catastrophic risk' to humanity. The disclosure makes Anthropic the first dedicated AI developer to pursue a US stock listing, with Alphabet and Amazon both named as existing investors.

Sri Lankan authorities rescued forty Iranian sailors stranded off the island's coast, treating them for medical issues before flying them back to Iran. Officials gave no further details on how the crew became stranded.

Officials from the Mecca Pact states will travel to Iran for the first high-level contact between the bloc and Tehran since Houthi fighters escalated attacks on Saudi Arabia. The talks are expected to focus on regional security.

Safety investigators say controller fatigue was a risk factor in a Sydney Airport near-miss between Virgin and Qantas jets.

The airline's Auckland service becomes the first international flight to touch down at Sydney's new western airport ahead of its full opening.

South Korea posted a record quarterly current account surplus of $116.63 billion, driven by surging semiconductor exports.

Nigeria's confirmed Ebola patient, the wife of a Swiss diplomat, was flown out of Abuja as health authorities traced dozens of contacts linked to the case.