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Police say they are treating yesterday's shooting and hostage situation in Melbourne, which left two people dead, including the gunman, as terrorism. Yacqub Khayre (pictured), who was charged and acquitted over the Holsworthy Army base plot, was shot dead after a stand-off with armed officers.
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Family and friends are desperately searching for Queenslander Sara Zelenak, a London-based nanny who has been missing since she was seen fleeing from the terrorist knifemen who brought havoc to London Bridge on Saturday night.
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British police name two of the three London Bridge attackers as 27-year-old Khuram Shazad Butt and 30-year-old Rachid Redouane, saying the former was previously known to police and domestic spy agency MI5.
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The federal Health Department imposes sanctions on a national aged care provider after an audit of its Darwin facility revealed "immediate and severe" risks to residents.
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Following revelations the Coalition and Labor were warned by ASIO about taking donations from two Chinese billionaires, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull orders a major inquiry into the nation's espionage and foreign interference laws.
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An Alice Springs woman who says family violence turned her into a bully is using boxing as a way to channel her anger and manage trauma.
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For 16-year-old Reem and her school friends, the day starts with a walk to school — accompanied by two Israeli soldiers and an armoured vehicle. This is a day in the life of Palestinians in the West Bank.
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Musician Bob Dylan, who won the Nobel prize for literature last October, finally delivers his Nobel lecture just in time to collect a $1.2 million reward.
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Angry and disheartened voters in economically distressed parts of Wales say they are prepared to upend political tradition in the search of a brighter future.
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A jilted Northern Territory fisherman is casting a wide net on social media in an attempt to trade a diamond engagement ring for a boat.
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Hoping for a housing collapse to get into the market? The experts say you should be careful what you wish for — and warn a downturn could be a disaster that engulfs the entire economy.
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The Q&A panel is divided on whether tech giants like Facebook and Google allow "safe spaces" for extremism to breed, and if they could be partly to blame for terrorist attacks.
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Local electrician Andrew Morrison is one of at least three Australians caught up in the London terrorist rampage that killed seven people and injured 48 on Saturday.
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The hellish alien Jupiter-like world dubbed KELT-9b is beyond what astronomers have ever studied. It glows like a comet and is so hot it's likely that molecules break apart and atmosphere evaporates.
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British actor Peter Sallis, who voiced the irrepressible, cheese-loving inventor Wallace in the Wallace and Gromit cartoons, has died aged 96.
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Trish Rainbow-Noack knew something was seriously wrong when the skin on her hands started peeling off "like bricks", but it took doctors a year to diagnose her with the rare disease scleroderma.
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Casey Dellacqua responds to criticism from Margaret Court by speaking effusively of her love for her "normal" family, saying she does not understand why it is a story.
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Sarah Pulver is fighting a rare genetic cancer for a third time, and the prospect of doing it without Obamacare means worrying not just about living, but also bankrupting her family.
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Australia and the United States strengthen their resolve to "defeat those who wish us harm" by stopping Islamist fighters returning home from the Middle East after senior ministers meet for high level talks.
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The Northern Territory Opposition and independents band together to revolt against new rules to halve the time to review the budget in Parliament, claiming the Government is trying to dodge scrutiny.
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Residents in Palmerston will have a grace period to adjust after paid parking was introduced to the Northern Territory's second-largest city today.
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Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia the United Arab Emirates, Libya and Yemen have cut diplomatic ties to Qatar over its support for Islamist groups. So, what will that mean for the region and for the war against the Islamic State group?
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Hundreds of thousands of workers will see their Sunday pay reduced within weeks, as the Fair Work Commission begins phasing in its cuts to penalty rates for fast food, hospitality, retail and pharmacy employees.
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Many different voices came together on Monday to capture the life of one of Australia's greatest voices, but they all had the same underlying message — Mark Colvin was a people person.
