A gusty change on Boxing Day will keep firefighters on "high alert" in South Australia as Adelaide faces the hottest Christmas Day for eight years.

A Wantirna South man presented himself to a police station following an investigation into an anti-Semitic protest on the steps of Parliament House last Friday.

Justin Trudeau has suffered a series of blows in recent days, spurred by the surprise resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, which marked the first open dissent against the prime minister from within his cabinet and has emboldened critics.

NSW Police arrested Guy Norman Hartcher in Pendle Hill and charged the 77-year-old with use carriage service-procure under 16 years for sex with another and use carriage service to send indecent material to person under 16.

Turkish authorities say they’ve seized a baby gorilla after an attempt to smuggle it through the country from Nigeria, en-route to Thailand. It was seized over the weekend after customs officials inspected a crate, handing it over to the national parks authority, which says the baby gorilla’s he...

A woman in Taiwan is facing eight years jail after being charged with attempted murder for allegedly poisoning Brisbane university student, Alex Shorey, with rat poison

The US president's move comes just weeks before Donald Trump, an outspoken proponent of expanding capital punishment, takes office.

A suspect is in custody after allegedly setting the victim's clothing alight on the subway early on Sunday morning. 

Burt the crocodile, known for his role in the iconic Australian film Crocodile Dundee, has died at Darwin's Crocosaurus Cove.

A potential merger of Honda and Nissan, and its alliance partners Mitsubishi and Renault SA, could create a new manufacturer worth $79.9 billion, producing 8 million cars a year.

The Brisbane Broncos star who was last week found guilty of drug-driving and driving without a licence will likely face a ban from the NRL, but the details of the league's proposed punishment cannot be revealed yet.

The forecast for a 40-degrees Celsius day one could mean the MCG pitch quickens up faster than usual, which could spell trouble for Australia with Jasprit Bumrah on fire.

Vanuatu's deadly magnitude-7.3 earthquake has forced 1,700 people from their homes, with many still sleeping out in the open as weather forecasts predict heavy rain will hit Port Vila.

WA has a "strong economy" that's the "envy of the nation", as the mining state banks a whopping $3.1 billion budget surplus amid cost-of-living pressures.

With almost 200 of the 295 psychiatrists working across the NSW's public health sector set to leave due to pay disputes, the state's government has offered temporary, high-paid contracts for private workers to fill the gaps.