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The half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is dead after being reportedly assassinated by two chemical-wielding female North Korean agents in Kuala Lumpur airport.
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Donald Trump was informed in late January that Mr Flynn had not told Vice-President Mike Pence the whole truth about conversations he had with Russia's ambassador to the US before Mr Trump took office, White House spokesman Sean Spicer says.
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Ongoing job cuts in Airservices Australia leave the network at "breaking point" and senior managers express fears the new regime is "a huge risk to public safety", an ABC investigation reveals.
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It is "ethically disgusting" the Tasmanian Government is profiting from the gaming industry while people's lives are being ruined, a gambling counsellor tells a parliamentary inquiry.
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Financial distress is affecting a huge number of Australians and the slightest wind could spell catastrophe for households, David Taylor writes.
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Klaus Dieter Neubert, who allegedly shot his wife dead on a busy Hobart road, was not in a "murderous rage" his lawyer tells court in closing statements at his trial.
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Australia's political leaders swap insults as they continue to debate how to fund the National Disability Insurance Scheme, with Malcolm Turnbull criticising Bill Shorten's "triple train wreck of an interview" on the ABC's AM program. Follow live.
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Shocking new videos showing workers being forced to simulate sex acts for not meeting sales targets have emerged as part of a $60 million class action against leading charity fundraiser Appco Group Australia.
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Tasmanian survivors of sexual abuse linked to the Anglican Church plan to launch legal action after damming findings by the royal commission.
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A 65 per cent hike in the price of ice-cream might not sound like a great idea, but what if it could add years to your life? Melbourne researchers say a sugar tax, combined with subsidies for healthy foods, could add 2.1 years to the lives of average Australians.
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Bushfires, floods and heatwaves are the new standard in Australia, leading climate scientists say, but they are growing fatigued explaining it to people who cannot accept it or have a vested interest that means they do not want to.
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Sexist, obscene and other offensive slogans on vans and vehicles, found on holiday hire vehicles such as controversial Wicked Campers, are being made illegal in Queensland.
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The discovery of a 245-million-year-old fossil of a pregnant marine reptile provides the first evidence that an ancestor of modern-day birds and crocodiles gave birth to live young.
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Mark and Jane Rice's Uarbry home was spared from the fire, but with most of their village now destroyed — including the church where they were married — they feel as though they are homeless.
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Dementia is set to cost Australia an estimated $18 billion a year by 2025, as Alzheimer's Australia calls for a national strategy to combat the disease.
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A major crackdown on massage parlours and brothels across Adelaide is forcing sex workers into risky private work where they are more vulnerable to aggression and crime, the Sex Industry Network says.
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As the war enters its sixth year, teachers in Syria's refugee camps are trying to make do with the little they have — but the students there face a bleak future in a life disrupted by war.
