Heavily armed gunmen have raided a jail in south-central Nigeria, blowing up the perimeter fence and freeing 266 inmates — almost everyone in the prison, authorities...
The United Nations human rights chief has criticised the Taliban’s record since seizing power in Afghanistan, saying the country is in a “new and perilous phase”. Key...
Lives could have been lost at a sandbar party attended by hundreds of people near Darwin over the weekend if not for a “mass evacuation” by...
Eight months after his death, 16-year-old Rhys Yore’s phone still sits atop his desk, on but always silent, as a harrowing reminder of what a judge has called...
Gladys Berejiklian’s own Treasury officials appear to have initially advised against setting aside $5.5 million for a grant pursued by Daryl Maguire, but the grant was...
West Australians could require COVID-19 vaccine passports to go to football matches, concerts and fly interstate and overseas by late this year. Key points: Vaccine passports are...
While the pandemic has seen other countries lure doctors out of retirement and push medical students to the front lines to support exhausted medical personnel, doctors in Nicaragua have...
Hundreds have gathered in Western Australia’s South West to rally against the state government’s ban on hardwood logging from 2024. Key points: From 2024, timber taken from...
Two migrant workers “vulnerable and dependent upon the good will of their employer” have claimed they were forced to work around 70 hours a week, often...
A man has been charged with a firearms offence after a counterterrorism raid in the New South Wales central west. Key points: A 26-year-old man has...