The top US military commander in Afghanistan says the decision to deploy the "mother of all bombs" was made based on tactical, not political, considerations, as footage of the strike that killed 36 IS fighters was released.
Personnel from a PNG Defence Force base near the Manus Island detention centre used high-powered weapons to fire bullets into accommodation buildings after a fight with asylum seekers, detainees say.
North Korea "will go to war" if the US chooses to provoke it, the country's Vice Foreign Minister says, blaming President Donald Trump for building up a "vicious cycle" of tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
A Sydney woman with motor neurone disease, who has been denied by the NDIS technology to help her communicate and do other regular activities, says she fears the scheme is not providing adequate assistance to people like her.
A 21-year-old British university student on exchange in Jerusalem is stabbed to death on a tram in the city centre, by a Palestinian man from Arab East Jerusalem who is believed to have a history of mental health problems.
Bryan Dawe speaks about the life of his long-time collaborator, political satirist John Clarke, and the special relationship the pair had with their audience.
A 15-year-old boy dies in hospital after being shot in the head while sleeping at his home in Sydney's south-west, as police continue to hunt the gunman.
Slashing two minutes and 57 seconds off the current marathon world record — to break the elusive two-hour barrier — is going to take the very best of what science, genetics, and money can offer.
Countless analysts and government officials have described North Korea as "unpredictable", Stan Grant writes, but in truth the Kim regime is anything but.
A last-gasp try to James Roberts has seen Brisbane to a stunning 24-22 win over the Titans that had more twists and turns in its final half-hour than most games have in 80 minutes.
The Syrian Government and rebels begin a coordinated transfer of around 10,000 people from four towns besieged for years amid the country's bloody, six-year civil war.
Australian Federal Police dogs swapped their roles sniffing out baddies for bunny ears and non-scratch booties, bringing smiles to small faces at Canberra Hospital this weekend.
Russia won't take part in this year's Eurovision Song Contest, organisers say, after host country Ukraine barred its entrant Yulia Samoylova from entering the country.
Passengers who were onboard Qantas flight QF29 from Melbourne to Hong Kong recall mixed scenes from inside the fuselage during the 'stick shaker' incident that left 15 people injured, with one saying people were "tossed out of their seats" and another describing it as "nothing out of the ordinary".
An elk hunter in the US finds a fossil that leads to the discovery of a new species of prehistoric sea creature and changes the way palaeontologists think about the way the carnivorous marine reptiles evolved.
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