Hurricane Irma begins to batter Florida with dangerous winds as it looms closer, with thousands losing power and millions of residents scrambling to evacuate ahead of the massive storm that has cut a swathe of destruction and left at least 21 dead in the Caribbean.
Hundreds of thousands of Florida residents are fleeing as Hurricane Irma draws nearer, but what happens when it's your job to go in? North America correspondent Conor Duffy went into Miami to cover the storm.
Two people are dead and thousands are without power after Hurricane Katia brings heavy rains and triggers a mudslide in Mexico, a day after a magnitude-8.1 earthquake killed at least 61.
The National Party uses its federal conference in Canberra to vote on renewable energy subsidies and demand the Federal Government eliminates the contributions over a five year period.
A woman says she was "devastated" after a Queensland police officer allegedly disclosed her residential details to a man accused of raping, torturing and beating her.
Egyptian archaeologists discover a tomb of a prominent goldsmith who lived more than 3,000 years ago, unearthing statues, mummies and jewellery in the latest major find near the Nile city of Luxor.
The Sea Eagles take on Penrith after minor premiers Melbourne narrowly escaped with an 18-16 win over the Eels. Keep up to date with our NRL ScoreCentre.
Millions of Afghan refugees have been living in limbo in Pakistan for years. But now they're breathing a sigh of relief as Islamabad moves to provide them legal protection.
The National Party has expressed its "total dissatisfaction" with Australia Post's delivery and service standards in regional communities, just days before the Government-owned business starts mailing out same-sex marriage survey forms.
Foreign ship builders are being told they do not need to partner with local companies to bid for projects under the Australian Government's $90 billion naval shipbuilding plan.
A 20-metre-high portrait of a toddler is erected over the US-Mexico border wall in the same week President Donald Trump announced he would wind back a program protecting young people who were brought into the US illegally as children.
The Victorian Government will give emergency funding to more than 100 asylum seekers after a Federal Government welfare crackdown on a group who were transported to Australia for medical treatment.
Messages of sadness and support flood social media following the death of Connie Johnson, who along with Logie award winning brother Samuel raised millions to help in the search for a cancer cure.
More than six years after being destroyed in the deadly earthquake that struck Christchurch, the Anglican Church in New Zealand decides to rebuild the city's iconic cathedral.
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