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One suspect was killed and three others arrested in a police raid in connection with a bomb attack that killed six policemen in Cairo in December, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday.

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In the Facebook Live video, someone says the man 'represents Trump' and threatens to put him in the trunk of a car and 'put a brick on the gas'.

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The man who killed 39 people in an attack on an Istanbul nightclub on New Year's Day is probably an ethnic Uighur and Turkish security services now know where he might be hiding.

Turkish police shot dead a second suspected attacker in the western Aegean city of Izmir after an explosion outside a courthouse on Thursday, a security source said.

It hasn't been a great time to be a man without a job. The jobs that have been disappearing globally, like machine operator, are predominantly those that men do. The occupations that are growing, like health aide, employ mostly women.

Toyota Motor plans to spend years designing cars in which people retain a large measure of control, since the goal of turning all driving decisions over to computers seems too dangerous for now.

The era of Donald Trump, a man long associated with conspicuous consumption, figures to be good to a whole range of luxury-goods industries. But perhaps nowhere is that excitement greater than in the private-aircraft business.

Watch out for the unexpected in commodities markets in 2017, says the bank, giving a laundry list of possible threats for raw materials from energy to metals.

More than 2600 students, including 800 from the ACT, have received an early offer to study at the ANU in 2017.

Summer is well and truly putting its stamp on Melbourne, with a weekend of 30-plus temperatures on its way.

Bellamy's Australia chairman Rob Woolley is likely to quit in the coming months in the wake of a tussle for control of the company.

A year after she almost lost her hand in a car accident before Christmas, Sarah Hazell has nothing but praise for the skilled surgeons who saved it.

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Federal Reserve officials expect Donald Trump's election to result in somewhat faster economic growth, but see little chance of the boom Trump has promised.

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Reigning Australian Open boys champion Oliver Anderson has been charged with a match fixing offence which allegedly occurred at a tennis tournament in Traralgon. 

Queensland's peak advocate for small businesses has slammed the appointment of the state's "Small Business Champion".

More than 500 applications for electroconvulsive therapy were approved by a Queensland body which makes orders for treatment of people with mental illness.

Surf Life Saving Queensland wants all pool owners to undergo compulsory CPR lessons, following a spate of pool drownings over the Christmas period.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo says his country and Australia have agreed to stay out of each other's internal affairs.

The alleged driver of the white van that took down 67-year-old Zac Andreou in Condell Park was arrested on Thursday at his home in Greenacre.

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Former AFL champion and Essendon coach James Hird is believed to be in hospital after suffering a health scare.

A developer has brought in one of the country's biggest law firms to threaten an individual resident, over their amateur depiction of what a controversial apartment plan will look like.

Ahmed Abou-eid was enjoying at day at Harmony Park on Wednesday evening, with friends and family.

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Unrelenting pressure on a sporting field or a coaching box is one thing. But that ceases, at least temporarily, when the game is over.

Medium-scale businesses in Queensland have in the past 12 months taken up more solar energy systems than New South Wales for the first time to become Australia's most solar-savvy businesses.

The first two deaths on Victorian roads this year occurred within one hour of each other on Thursday.

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Crime data on every youth offender in Victoria has revealed two 10-year-olds were charged with more than 20 crimes each in the past year, and confirmed police and state government fears that a hardcore group of prolific youngsters are committing hundreds of offences.

A top Philippine militant who pledged allegiance to Islamic State has been killed in the group's latest setback in its attempts to sow terror across south-east Asia.

A Perth physical education teacher who allegedly had inappropriate photos of underage girls on his computer while working at a Perth public high school has been charged with child exploitation offences.

A crime scene has been established after a body was discovered in a burnt out car at Wakefield, west of Newcastle.

The federal consumer watchdog is urging motorists to shop around and grab the cheapest petrol they see, with prices expected to jump in coming days.

The state government and the wealthy Toowoomba family behind the region's privately owned airport are at loggerheads over the funding of a new road link.

The teenager discovered asleep in bed by a shocked couple told police he broke into the home after he got lost following an argument with his father, a court has heard. 

Two buses have collided near Lithgow, west of Sydney.

Apple has removed the New York Times' news apps from its app store in China following a request from the Chinese authorities.

The Australian war memorial, the Telstra Tower and Lake Burley Griffin were some of Canberra's most Instagram-worthy places in 2016 according to users.

The Andrews government will launch a costly High Court bid to block the Victorian Ombudsman from probing Labor's alleged rorting of parliamentary funds.

He was quite the catch: young, good looking and fit. Spotted lounging in a tree not far from the edge of a road, this koala was a welcome addition to a study which hopes to shed light on why the Somers koala population is in decline.

A man has suffered leg injuries after he fell 10 metres down a mountain on the Sunshine Coast on Thursday.

Sharks feeding close to the shore have closed two Victorian beaches.

Organisers of the Falls Festival music event in Victoria could face legal action from some of the 80-odd people who were injured in a crowd crush.

The state ombudsman has blasted Redland City Council for threatening legal action against two residents over critical social media posts and going as far as to contact one of their employers in what he described as a "punitive" action.

She's given to so many, now it's time to help out Canberra's soup kitchen lady.

One of Sydney's largest private schools looks set to close after a tribunal upheld a federal government decision to revoke its funding over concerns it was operating for profit. 

China-based food retailer Winha Commerce and Trade International has had a positive start to life on the Australian share market, with its share price rising 40 per cent in its debut trading session.

200 Victorian schools will get bushfire safety upgrade works in 2017, but only 51 by the time school starts.

A fifth person has been diagnosed with meningococcal disease.

A Japanese sushi chain boss has paid more than $A866,000 for a 212 kilogram bluefin tuna in what may be Tsukiji market's last auction at its current site in downtown Tokyo.

A man is in a critical condition in hospital after falling an estimated 10 metres over a rockface on Sydney's north shore, not far from Kirribilli House.

Hollie was floating in one of the increasingly popular air loungers, when the fabric ripped and she was swallowed by the pool.