Vladimir Putin has accused Turkey of a "stab in the back" after one of its warplanes was shot down near the Syria-Turkey border. ABC correspondent Ben Knight has said this is a "major crisis".
Federal MP Sarah Henderson has made an emotional speech to Parliament in memory of a friend killed by her ex-partner in the US. "Monique had decided to leave the relationship ... but she never made it home," she said. Today is White Ribbon Day.
A bomb on a bus in Tunisia's capital has killed 12 members of the country's presidential guard. Tunisia's president has declared a state of emergency.
Here's what's coming up today:
7.30am AEDT: Rosie Batty will speak at a White Ribbon Day breakfast in Adelaide
8.00am AEDT: Malcolm Turnbull will speak at a White Ribbon breakfast at Parliament House
11.30am AEDT: The NT coroner will hand down findings into the death of a British backpacker at Kings Canyon
12.30pm AEDT: Environment minister Greg Hunt will speak at the National Press Club
2.00pm AEDT: Question Time will begin in the House of Representatives
9.30pm AEDT: Q&A hosts a special edition focusing on the issue of domestic violence
The two pilots of a Russian warplane downed by Turkish fighter jets over Syria were shot dead as they descended with parachutes, a Turkmen brigade commander says, amid conflicting claims over whether the downed aircraft violated Turkish airspace.
French president Francois Hollande says the United States and France have agreed to step up strikes in Syria and Iraq to target Islamic State militants after the deadly November 13 attacks in Paris.
These Australian women all died this year. What they have in common is police have laid charges against their partners or ex-partners. Here, the women's families and friends share the stories of their lives.
There are reports the Paris attackers were high on a drug commonly used by Islamic State fighters which has the ability to mask pain, fear and hunger, keeping the user in a "zombie-like" state.
A cleaner who blew the whistle on an exploitation scandal at retail giant Myer is sacked as Australia's Fair Work Ombudsman launches an investigation into his former employer.
Australian Climate Council chief Tim Flannery says the booming renewable energy industry is proof the world is willing and able to step up to the challenge of addressing climate change.
Police uncover a clandestine racing track in bushland near Darwin, with cars found there painted with numbers and many stripped of their catalytic converters.
The United States ambassador to Australia says he will have "more to say" about the controversial decision to lease Darwin's commercial port to a Chinese company with links to the People's Liberation Army.
A genetically modified strain of mosquitoes that carries genes blocking the transmission of the malaria parasite could be interbred with wild populations to halt the spread of the disease, scientists say.
Jacob Weitering is heading to Carlton after being selected first by the Blues in the AFL draft, while forward Josh Schache was taken second by the Brisbane Lions.
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