Islamic State fighters abandon their last stronghold in Ramadi, effectively handing Iraqi forces their biggest victory since last year's massive jihadist nationwide offensive.
Rock legend Stevie Wright, who fronted The Easybeats in the 1960s and is widely regarded as Australia's first international pop star, has reportedly died at the age of 68.
Residents of Wye River and Separation Creek will briefly return to the charred area today, as firefighters continue their battle to control the blaze that has destroyed 116 homes since Christmas Day.
Britain's government will send more troops to tackle "unprecedented" flooding in northern England which has forced hundreds to flee their homes, including in the historic tourist city of York.
A two-kilometre exclusion zone is in place around a freight train carrying 200,000 litres of sulphuric acid after it derails near Julia Creek in north-west Queensland.
Absurd. Obscene. Embarrassing. Astronomical. These were the levels to which Adam Voges took his mastery over the West Indies in his brief Test career, writes Geoff Lemon.
The seventh instalment in the Star Wars franchise surpasses $US1 billion at the international box office in just 12 days, making it the fastest movie ever to do so.
At least 11 people have been killed during a tornado in Texas, authorities say, as they search home to home for more victims of the freak storms lashing the southern United States.
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