A secretive inquiry probing the activities of Australian special forces in Afghanistan is investigating allegations an SAS member gunned down an Afghan businessman and then planted a pistol on the body to make it look like self-defence.
Called to investigate reports of an armed robbery, NSW police officers become involved in a stand-off with a man outside Sydney's Central Station and open fire as, according to a witness, he tries to flee.
Donald Trump says he will not allow transgender individuals to serve in the US military in any capacity, seemingly unwinding a landmark Pentagon policy and going back on his campaign vows to fight for the rights of trans people.
Defence Minister Marise Payne says Australia monitored a Chinese spy ship "very carefully" as the vessel observed military exercises between Australia and the United States earlier this month.
A British judge gives the parents of the critically ill child until noon on Thursday to finalise arrangements for his death with the hospital caring for him, failing which he would be transferred to a hospice where his ventilation tube would be removed.
Minneapolis establish police body camera rules more than a week after officers failed to activate cameras during the fatal police shooting of Australian woman Justine Damond.
Consumer protection officials warn iTunes vouchers are becoming scammers' currency of choice after mostly elderly WA victims were tricked out of more than $90,000 by fraudsters posing as ATO staff.
A New South Wales-based company puts forward a new plan to dam Western Australia's Fitzroy River, but environmentalists warn it will destroy the waterway, which they want protected by law.
Friends of acclaimed Indigenous artist Dr G Yunupingu say he spent his last days before going into hospital living at an itinerant camp surrounded by people drinking on a Darwin beach, and society should be asking: "How did it come to this?"
A former NSW Ambulance employee says workplace bullying and harassment was more devastating to her mental health than any trauma she experienced in her 25 years on the front line.
Hobart Lord Mayor Sue Hickey says local government is old and unrepresentative of popular public opinion, after council delegates narrowly defeated moves to support changing the date of Australia Day.
For a year James Connolly was unable to process the experience of being sexually assaulted, but he's decided it's time to speak out and let others know they're not alone.
Russia warns new US sanctions against Moscow will take already battered ties to a new low, and that it is close to taking retaliatory measures of its own.
Derar Alkhateeb, a university-qualified IT specialist, and his wife and child will be among 10 families offered a free visa in Australia under a new Federal Government trial for those fleeing the Syrian civil war.
This year the list of finalists for the Archibald and Wynne prizes is stacked with artists from the APY lands in remote north-west South Australia. Here's why.
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