| | | | A Surabaya police officer says he was only doing what any father would do when he rushed into the scene of a suicide bombing to save an eight-year-old girl whose family blew themselves up in the attack. | | | | North Korea says it had no choice but to suspend high-level talks with South Korea scheduled for later in the day, and is also threatening to pull out of a summit with Donald Trump, due to ongoing military exercises between the US and South Korea. | | | | Steve Ciobo will be the first Australian minister to visit China in eight months, ending what appears to be an unofficial freeze on Beijing issuing invitations to Australian ministers. | | | | Five years ago Norah Ohrt shipped her two cats and all of her possessions from Perth to Andalucía. She joins a growing number of Australian retirees who've realised their pension goes further abroad. | | | | The saga over whether or not Meghan Markle's father will attend her wedding to Prince Harry has taken another turn, with Thomas Markle reportedly saying he does want to walk his daughter down the aisle, but but he is back in hospital after experiencing chest pains. | | | | The battle for the Braddon by-election is about to heat up, with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull making a flying visit to the hotly contested Tasmanian electorate today. | | | | Palestinians rally in Gaza for the funerals of scores of people killed by Israeli troops, including an eight-month-old baby, while two more Palestinians are killed in fresh violence after protests resume on the border. | | | | Meghan Markle's about to say "I do" to a life of weirdly-shaped headgear, constant surveillance, and creepy commentary about whether she is fulfilling her function as an heir oven. Fun times indeed, but the soon-to-be Royal still has it better than our Crown Princess Mary did, writes Emma Jane. | | | | Anwar Ibrahim's future is in the hands of Mahathir Mohamad — the man responsible for his initial imprisonment in 1998, and his impending release and pardon today, writes Adam Harvey. | | | | A glut of units for sale in Brisbane is causing heavy discounting in the chase for buyer interest, but there are signs the worst is over for the property sector, one researcher says. | | | | Some former staff of celebrity chef Darren Purchese say they were underpaid by thousands of dollars and were intimidated by him in one-on-one chats while working in his upmarket Melbourne dessert shop. | | | | Twitter is cleaning up your timeline by hiding tweets deemed "disruptive" to online conversations — but you will still be able to read them if you wish. | | | | A widow who did not know her late husband's classic 1970s sports car had been stolen until after it had been bought by someone else, is taken to court by the purchaser, who claims he is the rightful owner. | | | | Clients of National Disability Insurance Scheme services are facing delays of up to nine months when they attempt to have their bungled plans fixed, an investigation finds. | | | | The author, an early practitioner of "new journalism" who captured the mood and culture of America across five decades with books including The Bonfire of the Vanities and The Right Stuff, dies in a New York hospital. | | | | One minute, the Sichuan Airlines flight was cruising at 32,000 feet. The next, the windshield "just cracked" and a co-pilot was "sucked halfway out the window". | | | | It's time to debate technological inequality and make sure we give future generations a fair go, writes Nicholas Davis. | | | | A landmark Australian study found there was no difference in birth rates in women undergoing IVF who had regular acupuncture compared to those who didn't. | | | | The once-lavish eco-resort in north Queensland is in ruins, but a WA businessman is talking to the State Government about a plan to bring it back to life for the international tourist trade. | | | | Foreign Minister Julie Bishop hits back at former Australian ambassador to China Geoff Raby, who has called for her sacking and said she hasn't visited China for more than two years. | | | | Australia's first Kenyan-born senator could be booted from the Parliament just months after she was recruited by the Liberals. | | | | The man and woman, both aged in their 40s, suffered critical burns when the small four-seater Cirrus SR-22 crashed on the runway in Orange, in western NSW, and burst into flames on impact. | | | | Pope Francis says he has thought about when it might be time to "take leave" of his flock, a decision he said all bishops must make. | | | | When cameleer Andrew Harper was travelling through the Simpson Desert across the past few weeks the amount of flies he saw shocked him. | |  |
By South-East Asia correspondent Adam Harvey | |  |
By Emma Jane | |  |
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