Voting is underway in the US presidential election but don't hold your breath for a result just yet, it's not due until at least tomorrow afternoon. Washington DC bureau chief Zoe Daniel says polls have tightened over the past fortnight and while Mrs Clinton is still the favourite to win the election it's promising to be a tight race
There are allegations that dozens of people have been arrested in Ethiopia in retaliation for protests by their relatives in Australia. The Federal Government says it is treating the matter seriously and has raised it with the Ethiopian Government
Cronulla Sharks player Ben Barba has been released from his contract and banned for 12 NRL games after returning a positive test for cocaine after the club's grand final win
Ever wondered why Americans vote on a Tuesday? It's a good question with a strange answer. Find out here.
Here's what's coming up:
4:00pm AEDT: The first votes are cast in the US election, with the tiny town of Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, opening its polling booth for all 12 of its residents at midnight local time
4:30pm AEDT: A Senate committee will investigate the indefinite detention of people with cognitive and psychiatric impairments
9:00pm AEDT: Polling booths begin to open across the rest of the United States
So who is going to win? It is the question on everyone's lips as this volatile presidential election campaign comes to a close. There's no clear answer, but Zoe Daniel breaks down what we know.
The US presidential candidates are on a swing-state blitz, making their final pitch to voters before tomorrow's election. Follow our live blog for all the latest from the campaign.
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton says he will soon be releasing more details on a deal to resettle refugees from Manus Island and Nauru in a third country. Follow live.
The Federal Government sets up a parliamentary inquiry into the Racial Discrimination Act to determine whether it imposes unreasonable limits on free speech and to recommend whether the law should be changed.
Passengers on a commercial flight to Mexico get a surprise when a serpent slithers into the cabin in a scene straight out of the Hollywood thriller Snakes on a Plane.
A 10-year jail sentence for a Tasmanian man who doused his partner in petrol and set her alight, permanently disfiguring her, is not excessive, a court rules.
A young Afghan woman who went to the police station to report being raped alleges she was then raped by the district police commissioner in his office.
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