| | | | Fiji officials reject claims Australian-born terrorist Neil Prakash is a citizen of their country, leading the Federal Opposition to label Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton as an embarrassment to the country. | | | | ABC journalist Sophie McNeil spent some time with "terrified" Saudi teenager Rahaf Alqunun, who barricaded herself in a Thai airport hotel room for fear of being sent back to be killed by her own family for renouncing Islam. | | | | The family of a child filmed riding unrestrained through the streets of Perth on a car luggage rack says they are "shell-shocked" by the incident, which has left them the target of a wave of online criticism. | | | | In a rare firsthand account, Gulbahar Jelilova tells the ABC she was beaten, lost 20 kilograms in a month and would be forced to stare at walls for hours on end during 15 months in detention. | | | | A barista comes up with an innovative way of selling her idyllic business on Queensland's Capricorn Coast — a custom-made coffee caravan named Ruby — that will see the new owner pick it up for just $50. | | | | A mugger in crime-heavy Rio thought a woman standing on her own waiting for an Uber would be an easy target, only to get beaten up and subdued by MMA fighter Polyana Viana. | | | | As Donald Trump prepares to make a prime-time national address tomorrow, the White House looks into the legality of declaring a national emergency to circumvent Congress and begin construction of the wall along the Mexico border. | | | | Indigenous actor and dancer Rubeun Yorkshire speaks out against West Australian laws that caused him to be jailed for unpaid fines, slamming the practice as "ridiculous". | | | | Bernard Tomic raises the stakes ahead of his all-Australian clash with Nick Kyrgios at the Kooyong Classic, saying his fellow Australian is "mentally struggling". | | | | The owner of a garage with Banksy's latest artwork says he "can't cope" with the thousands of people showing up every day to see the mural. | | | | A young motorist receives serious burns to his legs after he was struck by a steel cable strung across a road as a suspected trap for drivers in the southern Perth suburb of Willetton. | | | | Two children witnessed a driver run a red light before hitting and killing 10-year-old Jack Power at a pedestrian crossing in Blackburn North last year, a court hears. | | | | The visit comes just days after warning he may take an alternative path if the United States does not ease sanctions and pressure on his isolated country. | | | | French author Yann Moix, who said he was "incapable" of loving a woman over 50 and "preferred the bodies of younger women" sparks an online furore, with women quick to label the novelist a "creepy uncle" and an "old, sexist man". | | | | Cyntoia Brown, who killed a man who paid to have sex with her when she was 16 years old, will be released from jail after celebrities including Rihanna, Kim Kardashian West and Amy Schumer campaigned for her release. | | | | Roger Federer breaks down during a CNN interview remembering deceased Australian coach Peter Carter, who the Swiss credits with helping him forge the technique that led to 20 grand slam titles. | | | | A Perth-born county cricketer in England pleads not guilty to charges of raping a sleeping woman, as a court hears he helped set up a WhatsApp sexual conquest "game" with friends. | | | | A new viral meme originating from China, called 'four generations under one roof', has brought a wholesome feel to social media as netizens showcase their extended families. | |  |
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