An army veteran is hailed as a hero for charging the gunman during a mass shooting at a college in Oregon before being shot himself despite pleading that it was his son's birthday.
NATO says a US air strike "may have" hit a hospital run by the medical charity Doctors Without Borders in the embattled Afghan city of Kunduz, killing three staff.
Russia carries out a third day of air strikes in Syria and says it hit Islamic State's "capital", as president Vladimir Putin faces mounting international criticism over his military campaign.
Two skydiving veterans who walked away from yesterday's light plane crash landing at Victoria Park say the experience has not put them off the sport they love.
A 48-year-old Melton man is charged with murder over the death of a pedestrian who is believed to have been run over by a four-wheel drive in Melbourne's west.
At least 30 people have died and about 600 are missing after a mudslide in Guatemala buried homes in a town on the edge of the capital, authorities say.
Northern Territory Labor disendorses former leader Delia Lawrie amid concerns her "ongoing legal matters" would be a "serious distraction" to the party's push for election, the party's branch president says.
Troy Newman, an anti-abortion activist who had planned to speak at a number of Right To Life Australia events over the next fortnight, is deported back to the US after losing his High Court bid to stay in Australia.
The forest fires blanketing Malaysia, Singapore and large parts of Indonesia in choking haze are on track to become among the worst on record, NASA warns.
American daredevil Johnny Strange dies in the Swiss Alps while attempting a wingsuit jump, the latest casualty in what is regarded as one the most dangerous extreme sports.
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A civilian NSW Police employee is "callously murdered" and his killer shot dead as officers return fire outside police headquarters at Parramatta in Sydney's west.
Two young Australians studying at the community college in Oregon where a gunman shot dead nine people were just minutes away from being in the line of fire.
A 15-year-old boy who pleaded guilty to inciting a suicide attack on police officers at this year's Anzac Day parade in Melbourne will serve at least five years in jail.
A Melbourne man accused of planning to fight in Syria seeks to have his passport cancellation overturned, saying he is the victim of overreach by the Federal Government.
Russia's Australian embassy releases a statement rejecting accusations by the West that the Kremlin's military actions in Syria have pinpointed targets other than Islamic State and their motives "not trustworthy".
The Vatican denies Pope Francis's meeting with US county clerk Kim Davis signifies support for her refusal to issue marriage licences to same-sex couples in the name of her faith.
The forest fires blanketing Malaysia, Singapore and large parts of Indonesia in choking haze are on track to become among the worst on record, NASA warns.
American daredevil Johnny Strange dies in the Swiss Alps while attempting a wingsuit jump, the latest casualty in what is regarded as one the most dangerous extreme sports.
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