There's been a lot of focus on North Korea's nuclear ambitions. But what can be lost in the discussion is just how vast and powerful the country's military already is.
The mother of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange calls on Malcolm Turnbull to help her son secure safe passage out of the UK, after Swedish prosecutors stop investigating him over rape allegations.
Former FBI director James Comey, who was fired by President Donald Trump amid an agency probe into alleged Russian meddling in the US election,agrees to testify before the US Senate Intelligence Committee at a public hearing.
Cruise ship passengers are clogging up mainland medical waiting rooms and straining local health services as they try to avoid expensive on-board doctors, Kimberley GPs say.
The entrance to the Arctic Doomsday Vault, a final safeguard for the world's biodiversity, was flooded by meltwaters amid record temperatures last year, highlighting the vulnerabilities of the seed bank.
The number of New South Wales teachers dismissed for sexual misconduct rises to 20 in 2016, new research from the Education Department reveals, as it is also found staff have been asked to resign after "inappropriate communication" with students on social media.
"I would like to remind everyone that we are mere Muggles," say British police as they warn people of the "probably fatal" consequences of walking along an active railway line to see a landmark featured in the fantasy films.
Jurors running their own criminal investigations using the internet and social media is increasingly risking Australians' right to a fair trial, two senior legal minds in Canberra warn.
The wife of Soundgarden and Audioslave rocker Chris Cornell disputes "inferences" he took his own life, saying he may have taken more of an anti-anxiety drug than he was prescribed.
After arriving in the Yorke Peninsula more than a century ago, snails are causing havoc for South Australian farmers and an expert warns this year could see a bumper snail season due to the recent wet and mild summer.
An Australian-Israeli doctor describes the "emotional experience" of a program where fighters, women and children wounded in the Syrian war receive treatment and care from their long-time enemy Israel.
The Federal Government is calling for public submissions on developing civil penalties to better target perpetrators of revenge porn and the websites that host them after signalling that it hopes to introduce new legislation by the end of the year.
The founders of a US company behind a canned cat food brand removed from sale in Australia, after owners reported their pets becoming sick after consumption, issue a video message to "families in distress" as testing into a possible link continues.
Thai wildlife officials rescue a morbidly obese wild monkey who gorged himself on junk food and soda left behind by tourists, and place him on a strict diet of lean protein, fruits and vegetables.
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