Australian mother Sally Faulkner and four members of a 60 Minutes crew have been released from a Lebanese jail. A judge bailed the five Australians after Ms Faulkner's estranged husband dropped all charges against them overnight
A new poll has showed Democrat Hillary Clinton would easily beat Republican Donald Trump in the US general election. The pair won decisive victories in their parties' New York primaries yesterday
The Government has revealed for the first time that it has the capacity to launch cyber attacks. The PM will unveil Australia's new five-tiered cyber security strategy today
Scientists have shed light on why people find it harder to adapt to new situations as they age. A study of mice showed the key brain circuit that helps mammals adapt deteriorates as we get older
Here's what's coming up:
8:30am AEST: Opposition Leader Bill Shorten will speak to Sydney's 3AW station
9:30am AEST: An ACT court is expected to rule on the sacking of Brumbies chief executive Michael Jones
11:00am AEST: PM Malcolm Turnbull will launch the Government's cyber security plan in Sydney
7:00pm AEST: The Olympic torch will be lit in the Greek city of Olympia
Mother Sally Faulkner and a 60 Minutes' crew caught up in a foiled child recovery operation in Lebanon are set to be released into the custody of the Australian Embassy before flying home.
The Australian Government admits for the first time it has the ability to launch cyber attacks, as part of a new $230 million strategy aimed at beefing up the nation's defences against online assaults.
Some of Australia's leading scientists say the CSIRO is at risk of losing millions of dollars in international grants, due to changes being implemented under CEO Larry Marshall.
A senate inquiry will today ask the head of the Australian Tax Office what he is doing about offshore tax havens in the wake of leaked data linking 800 Australian taxpayers with controversial law firm Mossack Fonseca.
Up to 500 asylum seekers might have drowned in the Mediterranean last week when human traffickers crammed people onto an already overcrowded ship, causing it to sink, the UN refugee agency says.
Only one of the big four banks rules out passing on the increased cost of a levy paid to the Australian Securities and Investment Commission to customers.
The Queensland Government says it will cost $93 million to begin the clean-up of environmental damage at Yabulu nickel refinery in Queensland, but Clive Palmer denies blame.
Norway violated mass killer Anders Behring Breivik's human rights by keeping him in a "completely locked world" after being sentenced for killing 77 people in twin attacks in 2011, a Norwegian court rules.
An accountant from Alice Springs pleads guilty to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from Aboriginal organisations across Central Australia in order to feed his gambling addiction.
Pakistani defence analysts warn there is a possibility that Islamic State fighters could get their hands on Pakistan's nuclear arsenals and make a "dirty" nuclear bomb.
A key piece of equipment lost during the search for missing Malaysian Airlines jet MH370 is located at the bottom of the Indian Ocean after it crashed into an underwater mud volcano.
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