Swedish prosecutors are dropping an investigation into sex crime allegations against Julian Assange, but the WikiLeaks founder swears he will not "forgive or forget" after being "detained for seven years without charge".
Lorraine Baff thought things couldn't get worse after "losing" her 56-year-old husband Jim to Alzheimer's disease — then she learned he was being abused by a man who meant to be caring for him.
A clandestine theft, key officials sacked and rumours of tapes in the Oval Office — it's no wonder the word "impeachment" has been uttered in Washington this week as the parallels between Richard Nixon and Donald Trump grow.
New statistics reinforce the revelation earlier this year that hundreds of thousands of students with a disability are in school without any additional funding to support their education.
Philip Ruddock has been working overtime trying to earn Australia a seat on the UN Human Rights Council, but still faces an uphill battle against some European heavyweights.
The Royal Australian Navy concedes there may be design faults with its two largest ships, which have been docked in Sydney since March undergoing urgent repair work.
The world economy is stagnating, democracy is in retreat and populism that feeds on fear is on the rise. But don't look to our politicians for the answers, writes Stan Grant.
Victims say they are angry a school principal wanted in Victoria on 74 charges of child sexual abuse has been allegedly spotted at a religious festival in Israel, despite her lawyers' claims she is too ill to attend two years of extradition hearings.
Is Australia really running of gas and does the Federal Government need to impose export restrictions? "No, not really", is the answer, according to Melbourne researchers who say a "gas-supply shortfall is very unlikely to occur".
A pair of giant hands rising from the water are unveiled on Venice's Grand Canal — a sculpture by contemporary artist Lorenzo Quinn intended to highlight the devastation of climate change.
Australia's largest salmon producer is told to clean up its act at two leases on Tasmania's west coast or it risks losing its stamp of approval for aquaculture practices.
Families are being warned to educate their kids about the dangers of social media, after a 16-year-old Sydney girl was allegedly lured by a 39-year-old man to America for sex.
Convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby is "stressed" and "afraid" of a growing media pack outside her Bali home ahead of her deportation next week, as her brother takes to stepping out in a mask.
Some Labor MPs question what motivated an "utterly confusing" speech given by senior frontbencher Anthony Albanese which appeared to take aim at his leader Bill Shorten.
Richard Rojas, the 26-year-old navy veteran who steered his car onto a footpath in Times Square in New York, killing one person and injuring 22 others, is charged with one count of murder and multiple counts of attempted murder.
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