One of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the Atlantic makes landfall in the US, with Florida residents warned of "a life-threatening situation" as Hurricane Irma moves up their state. Follow live coverage.
Hurricane Irma weakens as it crosses the Florida coast but the storm is still powerful enough to knock out electricity to 2.5 millionhomes and businesses while threatening catastrophic flooding and storm surges.
Stranded in a Miami hotel surrounded by rising floodwater, the sound of warning sirens and steel flapping in strong winds, Conor Duffy says many Florida residents are in for a harrowing time.
North Korea has business interests in parts of Asia, Africa, the Middle East and even Europe that bring in billions of dollars for the regime, despite international sanctions aimed at curbing the country's nuclear program.
When John Guthrie and Dennis Cash announced their plan to foster teenagers almost 20 years ago their friends thought "they had rocks in their head". Now their family is flourishing.
A Victorian man drowns after attempting to help save one of four children who "ventured out into dangerous seas" off a beach in Wollongong, south of Sydney, prompting surf lifesavers to reissue a warning.
The battle against the Islamic State group has been won in most of Iraq's cities and towns, but the country is now facing one of the largest urban reconstruction projects since WWII.
Does the amount that Australian consumers spend on their pets show how little Australia spends on foreign aid? RMIT ABC Fact Check sniffs out the answer.
After their teams were eliminated from the NRL finals, Cronulla and Manly's coaches both spent good chunks of their time moaning about officiating, rather than encouraging their players to take some responsibility, writes Richard Hinds.
North Stradbroke Island off Brisbane is home to wetlands dating back 200,000 years and might have been an important refuge during periods of extreme weather, researchers find.
The Australian Rugby Union is under threat — squeezed by a Senate inquiry and a small but well connected and influential group pursuing a rebel competition that is more closely aligned with World Rugby's vision for global expansion than its own, writes Tracey Holmes.
After 60 years and an impressive alumni list including Baz Luhrmann, one of Sydney's oldest theatres is forced out of its heritage-listed home in the CBD as the Catholic Church sells the building to a property developer.
Getting dressed up, your hair done and hitting the town is not something many people with disabilities can take for granted, but a new "all-inclusive" nightclub event is trying to change that.
A Nationals senator's push to reduce the speed limit on mobility scooters to 6 kilometres per hour has been endorsed at the party's federal conference, but a disability advocate warns it's a "dangerous" policy that would make it difficult for riders to cross roads safely.
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