In a bid to free three of its executives who have been detained in Mali over a tax dispute, Resolute Mining agrees to pay $US160 million ($242 million) to the African country's government.

The Coalition has announced it will oppose the government's bill to limit the number of international students able to enrol from next year, just weeks out from when the caps were meant to come into force.

Australia is being urged to heed the lessons of Spain's devastating floods and make sure that warning systems and emergency response capabilities are up to tackling disasters that are becoming more frequent and more intense.

Tilapia is a biosecurity nightmare in Australia but popular on many menus overseas. Some in the fishing industry think if you catch the pest fish in Queensland you should be able to eat it.

Experts say the long-range missile systems could be used to target critical supply chains and hamper the Russian invasion of Ukraine, if not end it entirely.