Beijing has stepped up cooperation with south-east Asian nations to crack down on the multibillion-dollar industry ...

After saying the US would attack if protesters were harmed, the president appears now to be tying the threat of airstrikes to Iran’s nuclear programme ...

PM is first UK leader to visit China in eight years and hopes to strengthen bond with superpower amid uncertainty over US alliance ...

Parents, teachers and young people share their views on whether social media restrictions would work in the UK ...

After months of community resistance, the president backed down. Leadership from below succeeded when politics as usual failed, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty ...

Light scattering creates the shade we see when we look skyward, and studies show the process varies around the world ...

Anthony Albanese says he welcomes Herzog’s visit and that ‘this country needs to come together’ to build social cohesion ...

The aerial-accessed service has a fast-dwindling audience but when exactly to switch the platform off is proving highly divisive ...

Survey by disability charity finds 45% of parents of children with complex needs ‘worried support will be taken away’ ...

Harvey, who is deafblind, struggled in mainstream nursery during wait for EHCP – and parents fear he could lose out again ...

Exclusive: Union claims some offenders are deliberately breaking probation terms in order to deal drugs in jail ...

This movable pagan feast can be celebrated very differently, but it’s all to thank the apple trees and fire up their sap ...