Rebecca Armitage

Fifty years ago, a teenaged heiress with a famous last name was kidnapped from her California apartment by armed terrorists. What followed was one of the most confounding crimes in American history.  

Donald Trump won the New Hampshire primary just moments after polls closed. But a defiant speech from his rival left the former US president visibly frustrated. 

From secret operations carried out inside Buckingham Palace, to the so-called "mad king" who was restrained and administered drugs laced with arsenic, this is the secret history of royal ailments.

The Iowa caucuses were never a question of if Donald Trump could win, but of by how much. The first race of the 2024 election still held a few surprises. These are the key takeaways. 

After his mother put in her two weeks notice on New Year's Eve, the newly minted King Frederik X has been proclaimed monarch of Denmark. Here's everything that happened while you were asleep. 

After more than 50 years on the throne, Denmark's Queen Margrethe is abdicating to her son. But there was one man who could never come as close to the queen as her crown. 

As investigators piece together what led to a fatal crash on the runway at Tokyo's Haneda Airport this week, aviation experts say this will be another opportunity for the industry to learn valuable lessons.

Most of the men mentioned in the unsealed documents have already been named in public as having met Jeffrey Epstein, and all deny knowing about his sex trafficking ring. 

Israel is refusing to take responsibility for the drone strike that killed Hamas kingpin Saleh al-Arouri, but his death does follow a vow from Israeli officials to hunt down those involved in the October 7 attack. 

From a feud over her grandchildren's titles, to a Spanish tabloid's claims of infidelity, the last few years have been dramatic for the Danish monarchy.

Billionaire Hermès heir Nicolas Puech is reportedly planning to bequeath part of his fortune to his gardener. It comes more than a decade after he walked away from the fashion company following a rival label's failed takeover bid.

On Christmas Day in 1945, a fire consumed the home of George and Jennie Sodder, leaving five of the couple's 10 children presumed dead. But questions arose in the aftermath, placing the Sodder children at the centre of one of American history's most infamous unsolved cases.

She may have been the master of the genre, but the only Agatha Christie mystery that can never be solved is her own strange and scandalous disappearance.  

As Israel deploys its fleet of sophisticated, expensive drones in its war against Hamas, the militant group has come armed with its own surprise: Cheap, off-the-shelf-drones rigged up to carry bombs. 

As the war between Israel and Gaza escalates, the conflict is shifting dynamics within the Middle East. In Jordan, the outbreak of violence has evoked longstanding fears the kingdom cannot remain immune to regional instability.

As 360,000 Israeli reservists flock to join the war effort against Hamas, some returning volunteers and their families have asked why Yair Netanyahu is not among them.

For weeks, the objectives of Israel's ground assault in Gaza have remained obscured by a veil of secrecy. But as tanks push further and further into the coastal enclave, a plan is starting to take shape.

After Hamas launched its deadly assault on Israel, it seemed inevitable that a ground invasion would soon follow. But there are three big reasons why the military is not yet ready to enter the enclave. 

A combination of old-fashioned espionage and high-tech surveillance was meant to keep Israelis safe. But when Hamas smashed through the fence, all the systems seemed to fail.

Lachlan Murdoch was once the reluctant heir apparent to a sprawling media empire, spending years in the wilderness after a confrontation with his father. This is how he was welcomed back into the fold and handed the keys to the kingdom.

Rupert Murdoch always wanted his media empire to stay in the family, but he could never commit to an heir. Despite having six children, only three were ever considered viable successors.

When Prigozhin staged a mutiny against Putin's military, he effectively signed his own death warrant. But what happens to his wife and children?

Morocco's elusive king was abroad when a devastating quake struck last week. When he returned home, there was mounting anger over the official response to the tragedy.

The plans for her death were meticulous. Her lavish funeral had a code name. But when the kingdom's second Elizabethan era drew to a close, everyone suddenly seemed to be a little caught off-guard.

Whether the apparent downing of a Wagner plane stacked with Putin's enemies was an accident or an assassination, Russia's president reaps the rewards. This is what we know about the crash that changed everything.