Bootleg liquor sparks political debate

Jewel Topsfield 3:54 PM   It's an excruciating way to die. But plans to outlaw alcohol in Indonesia may not tackle the scourge of bootleg liquor.

Bali therapist charged with boy's assault

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa 5:42 PM   Spa owners warned to be on the lookout for sexual predators after therapist allegedly assaulted a 12-year-old from Perth.

Pop idol stabbed more than 20 times by 'fan'

Ben Guarino 6:31 AM   The police found 27-year-old Tomohiro Iwazaki near the Tokyo concert venue with a bloody, seven-centimetre-long folding knife close by.

EXCLUSIVE

Prison buzzing with drone-delivered drug

Nick Miller 3:08 PM   Amazon has been beaten to it. According to the claims of a former con, a commercially viable drone-delivery parcel service is up and running - of all places, at England's biggest jail.

ANALYSIS

Why Beijing feels Washington is out to get it

Philip Wen 5:50 AM   The United States' strategic 'pivot' to Asia has long been seen by Beijing as a cynical ploy to counter its rise.

Two refugees on Nauru agree to resettle in Cambodia, reviving teetering $55m deal

Lindsay Murdoch 1:00 AM   New additions would bring the total to seven refugees resettled in Cambodia under $55 million deal with Australia.

Melbourne climber's remains 'recovered from Mount Everest'

11:43 PM   The body of a Melbourne woman who died climbing Mount Everest has reportedly been brought down from the mountain to be transferred to Kathmandu within days.

EgyptAir MS804: Human remains suggest explosion on downed plane, official says

Georgina Mitchell 10:59 PM   "The logical explanation is that it was an explosion", an official said.

Obama stops for noodles with Bourdain

10:22 PM   US President Barack Obama has tucked into some local Vietnamese fare in Hanoi with celebrity TV food show host Anthony Bourdain.

El Nino officially comes to end

Peter Hannam 5:31 PM   After a year of driving global temperatures to unprecedented warmth, the giant El Nino weather event in the Pacific is officially over, raising hopes that drought-hit regions may be in for some relief in Australia and elsewhere.

'It's very traumatic': Mysterious letter references son's 1977 disappearance

Lindsey Bever 12:51 PM   The last time Bernard "Bunny" Ross Jr's parents saw him was in May 1977, when he left home in anguish. Nearly 40 years later, they have received an odd anonymous letter.

US Democrats give Bernie Sanders say in party platform

Jonathan Allen 12:50 PM   The Democratic Party said on Monday it would give U.S. presidential contender Bernie Sanders a prominent say in writing its platform this year, a gesture that could ease tensions between Sanders' camp and party leaders, whom Sanders has accused of favoring rival Hillary Clinton.

Facebook probe shows no evidence of bias against conservative topics, company says

Tracey Lien 11:31 AM   Facebook uncovered no evidence that it suppressed news about conservative issues in its "trending topics" feature, the social media firm wrote Monday in a letter to US Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Thune, a Republican.

North Korean envoy snubs Trump's overture to meet leader

Stephanie Nebehay 11:03 AM   US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's proposal to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is a "kind of propaganda or advertisement" in his election race, a senior North Korean official said.

Baltimore police officer acquitted of all charges in Freddie Gray death

Donna Owens 10:41 AM   Baltimore police officer Edward Nero has been acquitted of all charges in the 2015 death of black detainee Freddie Gray, the second setback for prosecutors in a case that triggered rioting and fuelled the Black Lives Matter movement.

US schools evacuated over threats

9:53 AM   Students were evacuated from a number of schools across the US after threats were made in what could be the latest example of so-called "swatting" against schools.

'We are not criminals': 60 Minutes child abductor speaks from Lebanese jail

Suzan Haidamous 8:48 AM   The Australian man jailed in Lebanon for orchestrating the failed child-abduction plot paid for by the Nine Network says he is no criminal.

Curry house owner jailed for six years after customer dies

Lexi Finnigan 8:42 AM   ​Food businesses have been warned to take allergies seriously after a restaurateur was imprisoned for six years for killing a customer by selling him a curry containing peanuts.

Everest safety under scrutiny as third climber dies in as many days

Gopal Sharma and Jane Wardell 6:41 AM   A third person has died in as many days, and two more people are missing at Mount Everest.

Far-right candidate narrowly loses Austrian presidential election

Alison Smale 1:37 AM   The slimmest of margins averts the prospect of the first right-wing populist head of state in post-Nazi Europe taking office in a democratic election.