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Authorities have seized two more trucks overnight as they continue their investigations into...

Wall Street and European markets have retreated after weak economic data sparked concerns the...

A smiling Kevin Rudd fronted the media in Washington DC this morning but stopped short of...

A stroke of good luck has given a team of Tasmanian scientists an encounter with a pod of...

A man has been charged after he allegedly pointed a gun out of a car window in Sydney's inner...

Simon Crean and Wayne Swan led the attacks on Kevin Rudd this morning as Labor's warlords upped...

Queensland Premier Anna Bligh is hoping the federal leadership issue will be solved quickly so...

Italian search teams have found another eight bodies in the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise...

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been released from police custody after being...

Former foreign minister Kevin Rudd is keeping quiet in the wake of his sudden resignation after...

Marie Colvin's final dispatch, published just three days before she and a French photographer...

Prime Minister Julia Gillard will today call a leadership spill to resolve the ALP civil war...

Indonesian security forces have opened fire after rioting inmates at Kerobokan prison in Bali...

Nearly 50 people died when a packed commuter train slammed into a retaining wall at a railway...

Victoria's Department of Human Services plans to cut 500 jobs as part of a major...

Police have arrested an Alice Springs woman for allegedly drink driving with a two-day-old baby...

One of the world's most respected war journalists was among dozens of people killed in a fierce...

Prime Minister Julia Gillard will today call a leadership spill to resolve the ALP civil war...

If you are someone who swears, honks your horn in traffic or speaks loudly on the phone at a...

At least six people have died after shots were fired during violent protests in Afghanistan...

In a blow to the US oil and gas industry, a judge has ruled small towns in New York have the...

Take a look at how Kevin Rudd's resignation as Foreign Minister went down on social media.

Qantas is facing two investigations after reportedly not warning staff last week before...

The share market closed marginally higher today despite a positive lead from Wall Street...

Kevin Rudd has resigned as Foreign Minister, saying he will not be part of Labor's leadership...

New South Wales Police say they are targeting a number of "rogue" trucking companies, after...

Shares in Ten Network Holdings have fallen sharply after the company warned that its half-year...

An astronaut attempting to visit recently discovered planet GJ1214b would land in hot water -...

Australia's largest media company, Seven West Media, says it expects to increase market share...

The NRL's McIntyre finals system has been scrapped in favour of the AFL play-offs model for the...

Police in Hobart have charged a 42-year-old woman with assaulting convicted child sex offender...

Federal Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten has urged the Victorian Government to let an...

A report has recommended an overhaul of the New South Wales public sector, along with more...

Suncorp says it will hike its premiums to deal with future natural disasters as it posts a 74...

The father of dumped Queensland election candidate Peter Watson has quit the party he has been...

A daughter of a man who is on trial for murdering his wife at the Adelaide Convention Centre...

Police say they have arrested a motorist who stabbed a man after their vehicles collided on...

Police say they have seized two loaded handguns during a raid on a home in Sydney's...

The Supreme Court trial in Brisbane of accused triple murderer Max Sica has been shown an email...

Pastoralists and Indigenous land owners will be able to make an income from the management of...

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has brushed aside reports that she is preparing to call a...

The United Nations (UN) nuclear watchdog says it is disappointed it has been denied access to a...

The chief of Coca-Cola Amatil says Australia's retail climate is set to remain challenging this...

The Greens will move for a Senate inquiry into the draft Murray-Darling Basin Plan when Federal...

Social media users reflect on the first anniversary of the powerful Christchurch earthquake...

Woodside Petroleum has posted a 4.3 per cent fall in annual profit due to delays on its Pluto...

The German founder of file-sharing website Megaupload has been granted bail by a New Zealand...

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has dismissed WA Premier Colin Barnett's claims that the...

Qantas says Vietnam Airlines is buying the majority stake in its Jetstar Pacific brand from...

The Dow Jones has risen above 13,000 for the first time since May 2008 as the Greek bailout...

A cruise ship passenger will face a Sydney court today charged with smuggling 30 kilograms of...

Syrian forces killed at least 100 people in attacks on the central city of Homs and raids on...

A US man who has been blind for most of his life can 'see' using a bat-like sonar technique and...

Financial markets have given a mixed reaction to the approval of a second international bailout...

Indonesian riot police have stormed Bali's Kerobokan jail to end a riot by inmates who seized...

Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez says he will have to undergo another operation after doctors...

Trainer Peter Moody has confirmed Black Caviar will be rested for two months as part of her...

An Egyptian court has ruled the voting system that elected the new parliament was...

A version of Edvard Munch's The Scream is expected to fetch at least $80 million at a Sotheby's...

Queensland Labor has confirmed the father of dumped election candidate Peter Watson is also a...

Police are raiding a trucking company after charging a driver with causing a horror smash which...

A former Forensic Science staffer who leaked grisly information about murder investigations has...

A man is dead and four people are in hospital after a police chase ended in a crash in Sydney's...

Premier Anna Bligh and Liberal National Party (LNP) leader Campbell Newman have crossed paths...

A Palestinian held without trial by Israeli authorities has ended a 66-day hunger strike, after...

Japanese police says they have discovered the emaciated bodies of an elderly couple and their...

Tens of thousands of New Zealanders turn out to mark the first anniversary the Christchurch...

Scientists have discovered a new species of sea snake in the Gulf of Carpentaria off far north...

Left faction powerbroker Doug Cameron comes out in defence of Kevin Rudd, telling critics to...

Syrian forces have blitzed the flashpoint city of Homs and opened fire to disperse daring...

Greece is bracing for more protests after eurozone finance ministers approved a 130 billion...

Gay couples who dined with Prime Minister Julia Gillard in Canberra last night say she...

A Northern Territory mayor has resigned just days after being found guilty of assaulting two...

Northern Territory leaders are warning that silence is no longer an option to deal with the...

Yemen has sealed president Ali Abdullah Saleh's exit from power by electing his deputy to...

A former Adelaide University student has drowned while swimming in the River Torrens near the...

Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, Africa's oldest leader, has celebrated his 88th birthday,...

French police have detained former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn overnight for questioning...

New research commissioned by the Organ and Tissue Authority has found that while up to 80 per...

Furious Afghans protest outside a US military base over a report foreign troops had burned a...

Graham Perrett has joined the chorus of Labor MPs calling on Kevin Rudd's supporters to end the...

Billionaire mining magnate Clive Palmer is set to sue international hotel operator Hyatt for...

News of the long-awaited Greek bailout agreement only lifted the local share market slightly as...

The country's biggest pink diamond has been unearthed in WA's Kimberley region and is estimated...

As the media starts to deploy small toy-like drones to cover stories, what ethical and safety...

A senior Olympus executive has been found dead in a park outside his flat near New Delhi in an...

Queensland Premier Anna Bligh says a disendorsed Labor candidate who made anti-gay comments is...

Fruit seeds stored away by squirrels more than 30,000 years ago and found in Siberian...

The Brisbane father of the Singh siblings has denied he asked his children's alleged killer to...

The lawyer for the Chamberlain family, whose daughter Azaria went missing at Uluru in the...

A cosmetic surgeon whose patient died became emotional as he told the coroner of his high...

A Melbourne pancake maker has broken the world record for the highest stack of pancakes.

Greece finally secures its crucial bailout after marathon talks in Brussels, ending months of...

The New South Wales Government is to stub out smoking in most of the state's public places,...

The Australian share market is making small gains as investors await the outcome of a marathon...

A Palestinian prisoner is said to be close to death, two months after he began a hunger strike...

Activists from a Noongar protest camp that has been set up on Perth's Heirisson Island have...

The RSPCA is trying to establish whether a dog found dead at Tootgarook, Victoria, was involved...

Emergency services have been called to South Perth after a man died in a fall from a cherry...

Humans are not as competitive, aggressive and brutish as early theories suggest, according to...

The RBA backs claims by major banks that higher funding costs are forcing them to hike interest...

Ricky Ponting does not expect to play limited overs cricket for Australia again but hopes to...

New research by one of Europe's biggest banks suggests that Australian banks are hiking...

The FBI believes a Sydney man may hold the key to identifying a victim of a suspected United...

A naval officer found guilty by a court martial of spanking a young female sailor will contest...

Saudi Arabia has vowed to use an "iron fist" to halt attacks against security forces in the...

Residents of the battle-scarred town of Misrata have voted to elect their local council in...

Onesteel has announced plans to cut another 430 jobs in its Australian steel operations by the...

A fire that has been burning out of control near Northcliffe has been contained but there are...

A Melbourne woman is expected to be charged, after she was allegedly caught drink driving at...

European markets rose overnight on hopes Greece would finally secure a second international...

Right-wing powerbroker Bernie Ripoll has warned Kevin Rudd's backers to stop wrecking the Labor...

The Australian Workers Union (AWU) has confirmed that a handful of Alcoa supervisors have been...

A court in South Korea has jailed two 15-year-old high school students for bullying a fellow...

Suspected Nigerian Islamists have opened fire and set off bombs at a market in the...

Shocked commuters watched on as a man's jaw was broken by three robbers in Sydney's south-west...

Continuing bad weather is hampering the response to a violent storm that hit Queensland's...

A company that says it is Australia's largest tomato grower has gone into voluntary...

Rio's Carnival spectacular has been marred by a shoot-out between police and a drug gang that...

New laws will be introduced to the New South Wales Parliament this week which will prevent...

Oscar-winning British actress Judi Dench, who has revealed she is suffering from a degenerative...

A man accused of stabbing his wife to death in front of 300 New Year revellers has gone on...

An explosion and fire has caused about $300,000 damage at a milk processing factory east of...

A close-knit commercial fishing community on the mid-north coast of New South Wales is reeling...

Police allege they have DNA evidence linking a prospective member of the Hells Angels to a home...

The Red Cross has begun negotiations to bring about a brief ceasefire in Syria in order to...

Iran says it is holding new military exercises to protect its nuclear sites from possible...

More than 1 million Australians are compulsive hoarders and many of them need urgent medical...

Premier Anna Bligh and Liberal National Party (LNP) leader Campbell Newman are on the regional...

A push for marriage equality will be on the table when three gay couples dine with Prime...

The mayor of a major Japanese city has told a visiting Chinese official that he doubts the...

British boxers David Haye and Dereck Chisora could both face possible jail sentences after...

A meeting to decide whether Greece will receive a crucial bailout is dragging into the early...

Bill Shorten has thrown his support behind Julia Gillard and denied reports he has been offered...

A fire burning in Western Australia's South West has been downgraded.

A man has been charged after police found a prohibited gun during a car search in Sydney's...

A boat which went missing off the east coast of Bali with four Australians on board has been...

Former captain Ricky Ponting is expected to make an announcement on his international future...

Teenage Queensland ALP candidate Peter Watson has been expelled from the party after admitting...

Perth has celebrated the 50th anniversary of the historic first US orbital flight by John Glenn...

Lawyers and human rights advocates have reacted angrily to an admission by Federal Police that...

Papua New Guinea will have to wait another week to find out who is the country's legitimate...

British scientists say the current level of carbon dioxide emissions will wipe out about 30 per...

While areas of the education sector vary in their support for recommendations of the Gonski...

After months of controversy, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has decided to allow the...

Lawyers for accused Bali bomber Umar Patek says their client's stay in the same Pakistani town...

Conditions have worsened for firefighters battling a blaze at Northcliffe and residents have...

An elderly British tourist has died during a snorkelling trip in the Whitsundays in far north...

The Australian share market has seen a buoyant start to the week after China's central bank...

A key Labor powerbroker leaves the way open for Julia Gillard to call a leadership spill next...

Perth barrister Lloyd Rayney is alleged to have claimed he had expertise in how to commit a...

Australian selectors have dropped out-of-form former skipper Ricky Ponting from the next two...

Gold Coast United has axed Miron Bleiberg for falsely reporting his resignation to the press on...

A psychiatrist recommended that children who survived the Christmas Island boat disaster be...

Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has detailed her plan to use royalties from the gas industry for...

A breast cancer survivor says she is challenging a patent claim on cancer genes because she...

A man who is recovering in a Swedish hospital says he survived nearly two months inside his...

The Federal Government has released the Gonski review on school funding but has not committed...

The local sharemarket jumped in morning trade amid hopes that a loosening of monetary policy in...

The father of the three murdered Singh siblings has broken down while testifying at the...

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank says rising funding costs are behind a 67 per cent fall in its...

A group of Noongar activists is staying put on Heirisson Island, in protest at a proposed...

Surf-wear retailer Billabong says it is considering a new takeover offer from private equity...

Two members of Sydney's Ibrahim family are planning a $1 million lawsuit, after prosecutors...

The Sunday version of Rupert Murdoch's top-selling British tabloid The Sun will hit the shelves...

Two avalanches near ski resorts have killed four people in the United States state of...

A team of Australian physicists has created the world's first functioning single-atom...

Bluescope Steel reports a first-half loss of $530 million sending its shares to a new low as...

Rio Tinto has unveiled plans for a driverless, automated train network to carry iron ore,...

Julia Gillard has repeatedly referred to the "strong support" of her colleagues but sidestepped...

Queensland politics heats up with the first full day of campaigning ahead of the March 24...

One of Australia's biggest business lobby groups has denied reports it has been approached by...

A 10-year-old boy was killed in a road accident in northern New South Wales yesterday, which...

Queensland police are investigating the deaths of a man and his son who plunged from Brisbane's...

Whitney Houston has been laid to rest at a private ceremony in New Jersey following a...

A power outage at Melbourne Airport delayed Virgin flights for several hours this morning.

An 18-year-old man was stabbed in the back as he was robbed by a gang of men in Sydney's...

The Port of Portland says a chemical leak at the facility, in south-eastern Victoria, is now...

Security forces flooded a tense Damascus neighbourhood after a mourner was shot dead in the...

Two Sydney fisherman have been found alive on an island off Port Kembla, south of...

Egyptian authorities have failed to agree on a date for the first presidential election of the...

Hundreds of Moscow drivers flying white balloons and ribbons have circled the Kremlin in a...

At least 40 inmates have been killed in a Mexico jail riot, just a few days after a massive...

Police are searching for a driver who killed a teenager in a hit-and-run in southern New South...

Australia's men's pursuit cycling team passed one of its biggest pre-Olympic tests by blowing...

Hundreds of thousands of people have protested across Spain against labour market reforms...

A suicide car bomber has blown himself up in front of a Baghdad police academy, killing 15...

John Fairfax, a self-proclaimed "professional adventurer" who became famous in 1969 as the...

A fire burning out of control near Northcliffe, 350 kilometres south of Perth, is threatening...

Iran ordered a halt to its oil sales to Britain and France in a move seen as retaliation...

The Federal Government is not expected to commit any extra money today as it releases its...

A Victorian film about mateship and a neighbourhood refreshment stand has won first prize at...

The NSW State Emergency Service received more than 300 calls for help as very heavy rainfall...

The Country Fire Authority says a chemical leak at Portland, in Victoria's far south-west, is...

Russian speakers in the Baltic republic of Latvia have lost their bid to make Russian the...

A leadership showdown between Prime Minister Julia Gillard and the man she ousted from the job...

A 41-year-old man from WA's Goldfields has been charged with the attempted murder of his...

Constant aftershocks in Christchurch have pushed human remains up from burial plots in one of...

An Arizona sheriff resigned as co-chair of Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's...

As speculation over the federal Labor leadership mounts, members of Government, other...

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has declared she has the strong support of her Caucus colleagues...

Australia won the toss and elected to bat against India in their one-day international...

Consumer watchdog Choice has accused banks of breaching their legal requirement to provide...

On the eve of the release of an independent review into school funding, Education Minister...

The Immigration Department says it will launch a full investigation after three detainees...

Oscar-winning British actress Judi Dench has revealed she is battling to save her eyesight...

Greece's cabinet approves a final set of austerity measures sought by the EU and IMF as a $159...

The Queensland election campaign is officially underway, after Premier Anna Bligh visited...

Thousands of people have gathered in Darwin to mark 70 years to the day since bombs rained down...

Federal independent MP Andrew Wilkie says he has spoken with Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd and is...

Music greats and Hollywood icons join Whitney Houston's family at a church to pay tribute to...

A video of Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd swearing in frustration has been leaked online, amid...

A man is in hospital after he was slashed multiple times with a machete during a car-jacking in...

The AFL new boys from Greater Western Sydney held their own in two narrow losses to open their...

Witnesses say Syrian forces have opened fire at the funeral of three youths killed in protests...

Britain's foreign secretary William Hague says Iran's nuclear ambitions could spark an arms...

More than 30 people, many of them foreign tourists, have been rushed to hospital after a...

Japan's Emperor Akihito has undergone successful heart bypass surgery, the palace says, in an...

Residents of Portland, in Victoria's far south-west, are being advised to stay indoors because...

Attorney-General Nicola Roxon has declared Julia Gillard a better prime minister than Kevin...

The World Health Organisation has ordered that new research into the bird flu virus be kept...

World champion Black Caviar has bolted away with her second Lightning Stakes at Flemington and...

The ANZ Bank is reviewing a program that rewards staff with trips on luxury cruise liners,...

This weekend Australia's mental health professionals are being urged to think about how they...

The Australian Defence Department says US marines will be subject to both Australian and...

A former Essex bowler became the first English cricketer to be jailed for corruption for his...

Governor-General Quentin Bryce has opened a new museum dedicated to the bombing of Darwin,...

A group of Air Australia passengers have returned home to Australia but thousands are still...

Speculation is continuing to mount within federal Labor party ranks that the Prime Minister's...

Foo Fighters' frontman Dave Grohl has been forced to defend his Grammy acceptance speech after...

A Moroccan man has been arrested after trying to carry out an Al Qaeda suicide bombing in the...

Scientists have raised new concerns about the frontline strategy to reduce the impact of...

A sloppy Manly has succumbed 26-12 to Leeds in a heated World Club Challenge encounter at...

As the final preparations are being made for this year's Sydney Mardi Gras, the man who...

Thousands of Syrians have staged anti-government rallies around the country as security forces...

As Queensland's Premier prepares to officially set the election date, a new poll shows the...

Italian police have arrested eight people over the seizure of $US6 trillion in counterfeit US...

More towns in north-west New South Wales are expected to be cut off by rising floodwaters in...

A British student, who hacked into Facebook's internal network risking "disastrous"...

Brazil's legendary King Momo receives the keys to Rio as the country kicks off Carnival...

Five members of the Rebels motorcycle gang have been charged with affray after a brawl at a...

Dutch Prince Johan Friso is in a critical condition in hospital after being buried in an...

Rupert Murdoch says he will launch a Sunday edition of his beleaguered British tabloid The...

Poachers have killed more than 200 elephants in Cameroon in just six weeks, in a "massacre"...

Tasmanian police are preparing to press charges against two women who attacked former Upper...

German president Christian Wulff has resigned after a scandal over a home loan after a request...

Police in Thailand said on Friday they were hunting for a fifth Iranian suspected in a failed...

Sri Lanka cruised to an easy eight-wicket bonus-point victory over Australia in their...

Greek culture minister Pavlos Geroulanos resigned on Friday after masked armed robbers stole...

An activist group has defended an offer to pay for people to fly to Broome to join protests...