Mirra Andreeva is tipped to be the next big thing in women's grand slam tennis and the 18-year-old Russian is relishing the ...

A Saudi-led coalition has bombed Yemen's port city of Mukalla, targeting weapons allegedly shipped by separatist forces.

‍Bangladesh's first female prime ​minister, Khaleda ⁠Zia, has died after a prolonged illness, ‌her opposition Bangladesh ...

The US ‍military says it killed two ​men in a ⁠strike on a boat suspected of carrying drugs in international ‌waters in ​the ...

China has launched 10 hours of live-firing exercises around Taiwan, the second day of Beijing's largest-ever war games around ...

If health officials can't work together to solve hospital crowding, patients needing critical care will continue to be left in the cold, emergency doctors warn.

Australia's biggest childcare providers have told an inquiry that systemic failures across the sector had caused harm to children that could have been prevented if governments had acted earlier.

The Apple Isle has called for interstate aerial assistance to fight a bushfire that has destroyed two homes, as other residents pick up the pieces following another blaze.

A marine heatwave followed by an outbreak of a tissue-killing disease rarely seen in the Great Barrier Reef has taken out typically heat-resilient coral varieties.

Electric vehicles pose no more danger to pedestrians than petrol-powered cars, a study has found, even though they are quieter and heavier than their rivals. More from Local News ...

Claims a 120-year-old law allowing a state government to compel witnesses to testify would transform judges into "glove puppets" has been rejected in court.

The Reserve Bank governor has ruled out any interest rate cuts in the near future, after the central bank's decision to keep the cash rate on hold at 3.6 per cent in December.