Service to mark 25th anniversary of Port Arthur massacre

A commemoration service will be held today at Port Arthur in Tasmania to mark 25 years since the 1996 massacre.

NZ massacre shooter handed life sentence without parole

Brenton Tarrant, the Christchurch mosques terrorist, has been sentenced to life in jail without the possibility of parole.

A Hong Kong candlelight vigil for victims of the 1989 military crackdown on protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. Photo: AP/Kin Cheung

Hong Kong vigil to mark Tiananmen massacre

The parents of some of the Chinese students killed in the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre have joined a candlelight vigil in Hong Kong, to mark the 30th anniversary of a “tragedy witnessed by the world”.

Jailed reporters win Pulitzer for revealing Myanmar massacre

Two Reuters journalists, jailed for revealing the massacre of 10 Muslim Rohingya men by Buddhist villagers and Myanmar security forces, are among the Pulitzer prize winners.