Iraq's armed forces launch a dawn offensive to dislodge Islamic State militants from the centre of Ramadi, coming up against sniper fire and suicide bombers as they try to retake the key city.
Government senator Zed Seselja pushes for the Coalition to argue for a cut in Sunday penalty rates for hundreds of thousands of retail and hospitality workers at the next election.
Family and friends share their stories about loved ones who died in 2015. Reflect on their lives, and those of some of the well known people who also died this year.
The Immigration Department says it cannot review the visa requests of terminally ill Hassan Asif's Pakistani family, who have been denied entry to Australia.
The FIFA vice-president accuses the organisation's ethics committee of being "asleep" between 2011 and 2015 following its decision to ban him from football.
India passes legislation lowering the age at which someone can be tried for rape and other crimes to 16, spurred into action by uproar over the release of a minor convicted in a 2012 fatal gang rape of a woman on a Delhi bus.
Heavy rains leave people stranded around the Northern Territory, with one man walking 40 kilometres for help after his car and pregnant passenger were isolated by floodwaters.
Bad blood between two organ donation advocacy groups delays the release of a Federal Government report that could shed light on why Australia's donor rate remains so frustratingly low.
The Earth will have two rare astronomical events this week, with an asteroid flying by on December 24 and the first Christmas Day full moon since 1977.
Feral cats spread rapidly across Australia soon after European settlement began, confirming their devastating impact on local wildlife, say two separate research teams.
Popular television series Game of Thrones will change the way it portrays sexual violence in the upcoming sixth season following fan backlash last year, one of the show's directors says.
More than one million asylum seekers and migrants reached Europe this year, including over 970,000 who made the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean.
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