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 trades of high-strength opioids made through bedroom windows.
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.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop hails a "landmark" breakthrough in the long-running dispute between Australia and Timor-Leste over territory in the Timor Sea, which contains large oil and gas deposits worth an estimated $40 billion.
Residents in two German cities are leaving their homes as authorities prepare to dispose of World War II-era bombs found during construction work this week.
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.
Just 24 per cent of New Zealanders supported the Labour Party a month ago. Now that number has jumped to 43 per cent — the highest it's been in more than 10 years. The woman credited for that dramatic turnaround is Jacinda Ardern.
Jom Cadman, who was seriously injured in last month's Barcelona terrorist attack that killed her seven-year-old son, has received good news from Spanish doctors, a family friend says.
Two doctors are stood down over allegations of sexual assault against two female medical students at Royal Darwin Hospital. Student placements have been suspended as a result.
A Utah nurse says she was scared to death and "trying to find anything to hold on to" when a police officer dragged her from a hospital and handcuffed her for refusing to allow blood to be drawn from an unconscious patient.
Australia is poised to purchase lethal remotely-piloted Reaper drones from the United States for use in future conflicts, but the manufacturer's sole competitor is accusing the Defence Department of lacking transparency in the evaluation process.
A Northern Territory man and several co-offenders allegedly stole items such as avocados, camembert cheese, chocolate eclairs and Barbecue Shapes during a week-long scam of Woolworths stores in Canberra.
Almost three decades after the unsolved suspected killing of young Melbourne woman Sarah MacDiarmid, her parents say they no longer care about penalties for those involved — they just want their daughter's remains back.
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