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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei calls on Iranians to pray after the helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi reportedly crashed near the country's northern border with Azerbaijan. 

A man and a woman are dead after a river cruise boat allegedly collided with a small boat on a popular stretch of the Danube River in Hungary.

China could soon become the first country in the world with flying taxis as part of Beijing's plan to develop what it calls the "low-altitude economy".

A growing number of people are trying to leave China — some risking their lives at sea or in the jungle — as the country's political and economic future remains uncertain. 

Joe McDowell, an Australian man who was injured in a deadly shooting in central Afghanistan, is now in a stable condition in hospital.

The Israel Defense Forces says that troops have retrieved the body of hostage Ron Benjamin from the war-torn Gaza Strip after he was "murdered" during the October 7 Hamas attack. 

It's supposed to be the world's "most gender-equal" country, but behind that title, a devastating problem remains in Iceland.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong says the Australian Defence Force is ready to fly to New Caledonia once the situation is safe, as France moves to quash deadly riots.

Cynthia Kinney was just 16 years old when she vanished from a laundromat in 1976. Decades later, her name is among multiple new words found in a word puzzle created by the notorious BTK serial killer, Dennis Rader. 

Foreign Minister Penny Wong urges Australians in New Caledonia "to exercise a high degree of caution" and says the government is working with authorities to regain order in the island nation.