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Truck ablaze on Pilbara highway

A truck is ablaze on the Great Northern Highway.

A truck has been engulfed in flames on the main highway between Port Hedland and Newman in the Pilbara on Saturday morning.

Syria, Kokoda and the 'hinge of fate'

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is given a tour of gravesites by the Governor of Oro Province Gary Juffa (left) and Lt ...

 With one massive question of war demanding an answer, Malcolm Turnbull found himself reflecting on another moment in time, three quarters of a century ago, when the response of a relative few determined the fate of two nations.

A Big Week In Art: Gary Ablett, mirrors and endless reflections

A Big Week in Art with Jim Pavlidis.

"Rosebud." The last word to leave the lips of Charles Foster Kane, Orson Welles' fictional character from his landmark movie Citizen Kane, is also the name of seaside town. Should Gary Ablett retire from footy at season's end and return to Victoria, it would be an ideal place to call home.

US and Russia 'one step away from combat'

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping pause for photographs at Mar-a-Lago, on Friday.

Trump's response to Tuesday's sarin gas attack was visceral, heartfelt and entirely understandable. But in contradicting his every tweet, it triggers alarms.

Trump presses Xi on trade, North Korea

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago.

President Donald Trump has pressed Chinese President Xi Jinping​ to do more to curb North Korea's nuclear program and help reduce the gaping US trade deficit with Beijing.

Farah not backing off from Origin fight

Fighting for his spot: Robbie Farah is not ready to relinquish his Origin jumper yet.

South Sydney veteran Robbie Farah is confident his recent back injury isn't an aggravation of a previous issue and that it won't keep him from fighting to keep his NSW State of Origin jersey.

Four die as truck crashes into Stockholm plaza

A police officer guards the scene after a truck was driven into a department store in Stockholm.

Sweden's capital became the latest major European city to transform into a scene of vehicle-borne carnage on Friday as a stolen beer truck slammed into a crowd of pedestrians outside an upscale shopping centre,

Assad must be punished for war crimes: PM

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during a visit to the Bomana War Cemetery during his three day visit to Papua New Guinea.

Dictator ­Bashar al-Assad has disqualified himself from any role in a political settlement in Syria and should be placed on trial for his "horrendous" war crimes, Malcolm Turnbull has declared.