Iraqi security forces led by elite counter-terror troops move closer to the centre of Ramadi as they battle Islamic State militants who took control of the key city in May.
Four children are placed into care as police investigate a "heinous" case involving at least one child being detained at a property near Taree, on the NSW mid-north coast, housing an elaborate hydroponic drug set-up.
There are no tinsel-laden trees or Santa hats this year in the oil-rich sultanate of Brunei, where Christmas celebrations are banned under a recent shift towards hardline Islamic law.
EXCLUSIVE: A Catholic priest who gave evidence to the child abuse royal commission in defence of Cardinal George Pell was himself the subject of a historical sexual abuse claim, the ABC reveals.
Amnesty International says that nearly three months of Russian air raids in Syria have killed hundreds of civilians, many in targeted strikes that could constitute war crimes.
Mobile phone footage shot by a passenger on board a ferry that sank off Indonesia, killing about 80 people, shows the stern of the ship submerged and people in the water.
A man who is still fighting for compensation over alleged abuse suffered at Melbourne's prestigious Xavier College in the 1970s turns to crowdfunding in an effort to establish a foundation to support other abuse victims.
The French government is to go ahead with controversial plans to strip dual citizens of their French nationality in terrorism cases, Prime Minister Manuel Valls says, brushing aside his own justice minister's concerns.
Austria's Marcel Hirscher jokes he received an early Christmas present after narrowly avoiding a collision with a drone which crashed at the World Cup slalom in Italy, saying he is lucky to have escaped injury.
An audit of an Aboriginal corporation in the Northern Territory's gulf country reveals its chief executive and human resources manager received almost $200,000 in excessive time-off-in-lieu payments.
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