From northern Pakistan to Bondi Junction, Muhammad Fahad and Muhammad Taha have been together their whole lives. The former is now helping his friend in his recovery from Joel Cauchi's stabbing and they both want him to stay in Australia. ...

If you paid off your student loan within the past year, you could be entitled to a juicy little tax return.

Former treasury secretary Ken Henry has called for a "neutral" federal budget next week, warning against spending cuts while the economy is "on a knife edge."

US President Joe Biden has been trying to head off a full-scale assault by the Israelis in Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have sought refuge from combat elsewhere in Gaza.

Beijing shifts its story on the latest confrontation between Chinese and Australian forces, claiming that one of its fighter jets intercepted an Australian helicopter because it was trying to spy on naval exercises in the Yellow Sea.

Ransomware outfit LockBit once offered a million-dollar bounty for anyone who could 'doxx' its leader.  Now governments including Australia's have obliged.

The Federal Court has heard the former Liberal staffer and his legal team made an agreement he would not be charged if they lost the case.

Traditional owners and custodians have welcomed a High Court decision finding Parks Australia can be held criminally liable for allegedly violating a sacred site in Kakadu, saying it will set a precedent for future cases.

The arrest of multiple people over an alleged Russian plan to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the latest in a long line of reported plots.

Australia may have just shivered through the coldest April in almost 10 years, but the rest of the world continued to break heat records for the 11th month in a row. 

A 16-year-old boy who was shot dead by police after stabbing a man in Perth on the weekend had physically assaulted another student at his high school a week earlier, it is revealed.

Emotions overflow in court as families of those killed in last year's horrific crash hear driver Brett Button plead guilty to multiple offences as most serious charges are dropped.

It's Pay Day! Finance content creator Michael Ko shares the money advice he would give his 18-year-old self, and explains why he splurges on a new smartphone upgrade every year — even though he knows he doesn't need to.

The federal funding boost will upgrade bases in the Northern Territory, Western Australia and North Queensland during the coming decade, as part of Defence's pivot towards the Indo-Pacific.

So-called ISIS bride Mariam Raad faces a potentially lengthy jail term after returning to Australia from Syria.

Stormy Daniels gave a graphic account of a sexual encounter with Trump during her testimony at the New York hush money trial. 

A book, which is recommended for children aged five to seven, at the centre of a controversial ban on same-sex parenting literature by a council in Sydney tells children people "may be unkind" to families who are different and that "it's not...

The Met Gala gave us hundreds of celebrity looks to pick apart, but can you remember the finer details among all those floral gowns? Take our quiz to find out.

Visitor numbers are up more than 10 per cent compared to pre-pandemic levels with a combination of a weak yen, the relaxation of coronavirus restrictions and "revenge travel" making Japan one of the world's hottest destinations.

The 14-year-old boys have been remanded in custody after allegedly threatening a mother and daughter with a gun early Tuesday morning in Broome. 

A former LNP president who misused $500,000 in Morrison government grant money is ordered to pay costs after ousting a business partner who expressed concerns, a federal judge rules.

Small businesses are calling on the federal parliament to urgently pass the measure, which was promised last year, but expires on June 30.

Thousands of full-time workers at Woolworths may be eligible for a four-day working week if a new enterprise agreement is made and unions sign off on the proposed changes.

Thousands of fee-free courses will be offered to boost workers in the construction sector, as the government pledges housing will be a "major focus" of next week's budget to deal with the nation's housing crisis. 

The lawyer for Ben Cohen, who was wrongly identified as being the Bondi Junction attacker, says a brief of evidence has been handed to police, identifying "malicious and irresponsible use of social media".