North Korea says a magnitude-6.3 tremor was caused by a successful nuclear test, marking the sixth atomic test by Pyongyang since 2006 and coming just hours after it claimed leader Kim Jong-un had inspected the loading of a hydrogen bomb into an intercontinental ballistic missile.
While the impacts of drugs like ice are well documented, the rising addiction to prescription painkillers is a deepening crisis in regional areas, where dealers are making big bucks on high-strength opioid trades made through bedroom windows.
Even heading up the highway at speed, it is hard not to notice two dead dogs strung up by their tails from a tree at the roadside. But why exactly does it happen?
An Indigenous campaigner who walked almost 6,000 kilometres in his journey for justice is urging Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to meet with him and listen to the hardship of his people.
Residents in two German cities are leaving their homes as authorities prepare to dispose of a World War II-era bomb found during construction work this week.
The Dragons are looking to clinch a berth in the NRL finals when they meet the Bulldogs, while the Sharks earlier came away with a 26-18 win over the Knights. Get your scores, stats and streams in our live ScoreCentre.
WA Liberal Party members pass a watered-down secession motion for a committee to examine if the state could become "financially independent" from the rest of the nation.
Behind the scenes at the Australian Olympic Committee, an axe hangs over the future of controversial media director Mike Tancred, but the beleaguered organisation says he remains employed.
Flu vaccinations could soon be compulsory for aged care workers, following a deadly outbreak of the virus at a number of facilities around the country.
The arrest of Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha marks a new escalation in a campaign against critics, independent media and any potential threats to Hun Sen's hold on power ahead of an election next year.
A mentally ill prisoner with a drug problem has her application to terminate her high-risk twin pregnancy at 20 weeks rejected because she does not have the capacity to make decisions about her health.
President Donald Trump visits a Houston relief centre to meet with some of the thousands of Texans forced out of their homes by severe flooding triggered by Hurricane Harvey, one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the United States.
Lewis Hamilton hails a truly "epic day" after writing his name above Michael Schumacher's as the all-time pole position king in the Formula One record books.
Kyle Hughes-Odgers has painted murals around the world, but standing in a fully extended cherry picker working on 35-metre-high grain silos in the West Australian Wheatbelt town of Merredin presented a particular challenge.
When a competitor's ski pierced his lung in a cross-country skiing crash, Callum Watson fought an uphill battle to recover, and found creative ways to fund his medical bills and his bid for next year's Winter Olympics.
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