The flood crisis gripping northern NSW is deteriorating, Premier Dominic Perrottet says. There are also concerns a 400-tonne barge with a 150-tonne crane in the Brisbane River could break free and cause serious damage. Follow live.

NSW's Emergency Services Minister says the state's Northern Rivers region is being hit by a "natural disaster of unprecedented proportions" as flood levels hit a new record.

Blasts are heard in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and in the major city of Kharkiv as everyday Ukrainians take up arms to repel Russia's forces. Follow live.

A Ukrainian doctor demands journalists show Vladimir Putin the images of a six-year-old girl's life ebbing away after she is mortally injured in Russian shelling.

Russia has "destroyed" the world's biggest cargo plane, Antonov-225 Mriya, according to Ukranian authorities, who have vowed to rebuild the aircraft.

Brisbane families returning to their flood-affected homes say the water levels rose hard and fast, and took many by surprise.

Russia's Ministry of Defence has posted a video of a column of intercontinental ballistic missiles casually driving down a highway with Russian flags waving, and it has raised heart rates as much as eyebrows.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has already delivered lessons on the course of the war and Russia's international standing. Yet as Vladimir Putin's political fortunes face pressure, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fast become a sym...

Flood heights in Queensland's capital are well above the major flood level mark but they have not topped the big downpours of the past.

A police training expert has told the NT Supreme Court that officers went against their training by failing to adopt a cautious approach to the arrest of Kumanjayi Walker.

Former fast bowler Glenn McGrath was a widower with two kids when Sara walked into his life. This is how she filled the shoes of one of Australia’s most-loved women in the name of carrying on a legacy.

Western Australia will move to the next level of COVID-19 restrictions from Thursday as COVID cases in Bidyadanga and Beagle Bay communities are revealed as false positives.

This is the second time Manuel Harris's home has been inundated in 11 years. Insurance didn't cover all the damage last time — and now he stands to lose almost everything.

We asked Chinese Australians across the country how years of political turbulence have impacted their lives. This is what they told us.

Nuclear weapons were used against civilians when the US bombed Hiroshima in 1945. Could destruction on such an appalling scale happen again? Only Putin can answer that, writes Stan Grant.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is talking about nuclear "deterrent forces" being on "high alert". But what does that mean, and what does he have in his arsenal?

By the time Jessica Rankin woke up to the sound of sirens, the water was already at her front door — her family is clinging to floating furniture while they wait, and wait, to be rescued.

As eastern Australia is deluged, parts of Adelaide and the Barossa are also being inundated by intense storms, albeit on a smaller scale, with heavy rain submerging city streets.

The effects of Russia's invasion of Ukraine are becoming increasingly clear.

A deadly Korean drama that captured the imagination of audiences around the world makes history by winning three gongs at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.

With no red carpet at the Golden Globes, the SAG Awards event has been celebrities' first chance to really frock up this awards season — and they haven't disappointed.

Thousands of people without power in Queensland could be waiting days to get it restored, as emergency services find the body of a man and a dog in floodwaters on the Gold Coast.

Melbourne man Colin Graham denies he stabbed nurse Ina-Doris Warrick to death after she didn't want to have sex with him, the Supreme Court is told.

The NSW branch of the ALP is back under scrutiny after a corruption watchdog finds that a former Labor politician and a restaurateur allegedly conspired to disguise a donation from a Chinese property developer.

A former elite soldier tells a court he witnessed war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith kick a handcuffed, unarmed Afghan man over a slope during a 2012 mission.