As the Sydney siege memorial grows, a Muslim bride has made a pilgrimage to Martin Place on her wedding day.

Syria’s prime minister completed his defection by crossing into Jordan at dawn today after two days of hiding inside his homeland, according to Jordanian officials and a spokesman for the rebel Free Syrian Army.

Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah today denied it was behind the suicide bombing that killed four people in a Tel Aviv night club.

A glance at the life of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein:

A glance at the life of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein: