The list of countries pausing the roll out of the AstraZeneca COVID19 vaccine continues to grow. This is why Australia won't join them.

Blake Davis is sentenced to a maximum five years and three months for the samurai sword killing of a man who attacked him during a botched home invasion in inner-Sydney.

An Australian member of a UN committee about discrimination against women describes the Prime Minister's reference to a threat of violence against female protesters as "saddening".

Professor Paul Kelly assures Australians that, based on the current evidence, there is no reason at this stage to suggest the AstraZeneca vaccine is not safe or is causing blood clots. Follow live.

A Gold Coast woman accused of killing two of her children and forcing them to take prescription medications for several years for financial gain also allegedly drugged one of her son's girlfriends, a court has heard.

The AFP hopes more complainants come forward after NSW man and alleged cult leader James Davis is charged with slavery and sexual servitude offences.

Family members of the victims as well as witnesses to the Luna Park Ghost Train fire have long believed that arson caused the blaze.

New Zealand's dramatic and pristine landscape has been a magnet for tourists and Hollywood directors. But the country is facing a growing pollution crisis.

A year ago, Australia was suffering from its worst downturn since the Great Depression, and the market endured its worst crash since 1987. Some investors made a lot of money, but experts are warning that a correction may be around the corner...

On an isolated rural property in New South Wales, a man has been keeping six women as sex slaves. One of his former partners is speaking out in a bid to help them and encourage others to come forward. Warning: This story contains description...

Stephen Orr read out a fake note to his 68-year-old victim before tying him up and shooting him in the neck with a bolt gun, according to agreed facts tendered to a NSW court.

The man convicted of slaughtering his parents and four siblings in a home that later inspired The Amityville Horror book and movies has died, prison officials say.

Eastern suburbs solicitor Mark Leo O'Brien used the millions of dollars left by his deceased clients for charities on buying a new Bondi home for his family, setting up his own super fund and still had some money left over to gift to his ch...

Having been one of the few Western social media apps available to Chinese users, Signal is now inaccessible without a VPN.

Of the many genuine insights offered by Amazon's new AFL documentary series Making Their Mark, one stands out above all others — how love and human connection is more important in these times than ever.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says more than half of the close contacts linked to a COVID-infected Brisbane doctor have returned a negative result as the lockdown in aged care centres and hospitals is extended for another 72 hours...

We often hear about the risk of concussion and the dangers inherent in heavy-contact sports such as rugby league and Autralian Rules. But one sport that doesn't get as much attention is cycling, and experts warn it's actually one of the most...

The largest blackbutt trees in the country survived logging and fires and now stand as a reminder of what life may have looked like for local Aboriginal people of the Birpai nation.

Kim Yo Jong takes aim at ongoing military drills in South Korea as America's top diplomat and defence chief head to Seoul for talks with their South Korean counterparts.

Rural residents are raising concerns about potentially contaminated drinking water after finding poisoned mice in their tanks, as the mouse plague continues to worsen across Australia.

While the investment gold rush for non-fungible tokens has made some artists millionaires, many others are reporting their work has been stolen and sold without their knowledge or permission.

Social media users are cutting back their Facebook screen time, claiming the platform has become "boring" and a "waste of time", a national survey of 5,000 reveals.

Political focus has shifted onto London's Metropolitan Police after officers tried to disperse a vigil for Sarah Everard over the weekend.

The French government will return a Nazi-looted Gustav Klimt landscape painting to its rightful owners more than 80 years after it was stolen from a Jewish family in Austria in 1938.

Mark McGowan's colossal election victory means he calls the shots when it comes to appointing a new Cabinet — and with his unexpected decision to dump Peter Tinley from the front bench, speculation is mounting he could name himself Treasur...

A man who attacked his mother "with an extraordinary level of violence" believing she was an alien in disguise will spend more than a decade in a secure psychiatric facility.

In a podcast alongside his Queensland counterpart Jeannette Young, Brett Sutton opens up about the mental toll of Victoria's second coronavirus wave and the "heavy burden" of knowing more people would die.

Myanmar security forces shoot dead at least 20 people taking part in pro-democracy demonstrations as more areas are placed under martial law amid continuing clashes in the wake of last month's coup.

PNG's Prime Minister James Marape asks Australia to supply vaccines for health workers, warning his nation is approaching an infection rate "of about one person to three or four".