China will ease family planning restrictions to allow all couples to have two children, after decades of the strict and controversial one-child policy left it with an ageing population and shrinking workforce.
Just days out from the Rugby World Cup final, Wallabies star David Pocock hits out at Tony Abbott after the former prime minister urged European leaders to close their borders to asylum seekers.
An Australian photographer documents the last remaining Kazakh eagle hunters in a remote and unforgiving part of the planet, amid fears the ancient tradition could disappear within 20 years.
Australia's medical community is increasing pressure on the Federal Government to remove children from immigration detention, as more doctors come forward citing significant mental health concerns.
An extensive search is underway near Lesbos for at least 34 people missing after their boat sank in one of the largest maritime disasters since a massive asylum seeker influx began this year.
Loosehead prop Scott Sio will return to the Wallabies' starting line-up for Sunday morning's (AEDT) Rugby World Cup final against New Zealand after recovering from an elbow injury.
NASA's unmanned Cassini spacecraft survives its closest-ever dive through the icy spray coming from Saturn's moon Enceladus in a bid to determine whether the moon's ocean could be habitable.
International travellers could face major delays when Australian Border Force staff strike for 24 hours nationwide next month in their escalating stoush with the Federal Government over pay and conditions.
Correspondence often moves slowly between the scattered and remote islands of the Torres Strait, but the community of Mer Island is counting more than two months since hand-delivering a letter to then prime minister Tony Abbott with no reply.
China will begin work on the world's largest super-collider in 2020, state-run media reported, in an attempt to increase understanding of the Higgs boson, or "God particle".
Several people are injured after a Dynamic International Airways airliner catches fire while taxiing to a runway at Fort Lauderdale in Florida, authorities say.
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