An erratic and at times irascible Donald Trump has said he felt a “tremendous love” from western leaders at the Nato summit, only hours after lambasting them over their defence spending and not helping the US in attacking Iran.

Crowds thronged the streets of Najaf on Wednesday as the coffin of Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei moved through the holy city in a procession devoted to Iraq, home to Shia Islam's most sacred shrines.

US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials said today that a federal immigration agent shot and killed a Mexican national during an attempted vehicle stop in Texas.

China's test of a long-range submarine-launched missile is a stark demonstration of its growing military power at a time when US attention is primarily focused on the Middle East and the Iran war rather than Asia.

Aussie “looksmaxxer” Androgenic has paid tribute to fellow fitness influencer Connor Murphy, after the American YouTuber drowned in a lake following a mystery meltdown at his luxury Thai villa this week.

A German palliative care doctor was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for murdering 15 people with lethal doses of sedatives, and he remains under investigation for dozens more killings.

Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul and a leading opposition figure, was removed again from court on Wednesday, at the latest hearing in his trial for corruption, Turkish media said.

The Washington Star Editor Kelly Jane Torrance says Democrats only turned on Graham Platner after a rape allegation emerged, despite earlier controversies including a Nazi tattoo, racist online posts and attacks on US service members.