Much of south-east Australia will roast over the weekend, lifting fire risks to "catastrophic" in parts of South Australia, and sending the mercury in western Sydney to levels more akin to the Outback.
A 59-year-old woman attacked in a home by up to a dozen African youths has lost the main connection to her husband who is in hospital after a Christmas Eve heart attack.
On a historic day for Wall Street, the S&P;/ASX 200 Index closed at 6122.30 points, a new post-GFC high.
There's one thing in particular that tram drivers love.
Americans will be left with the inescapable conclusion that the president is not capable of fulfilling his duties as commander in chief.
In many ways, he looks like any other 17-year-old: North Face puffer, Adidas tracksuit pants, headphones over his baseball cap.
Global shares shattered records and European stocks closed higher on Thursday, bolstered by upbeat data from the world's largest economies.
A violent crime spree in Melbourne's west, including home invasions and assaults, has been described as "thuggish and abhorrent behaviour" by Victoria Police.
A man has been charged with murder following the shocking death of a Cloverdale woman on Wednesday evening.
A crackdown on people who fail to vote at council elections is clogging up the legal system, Victoria Legal Aid says.
The technology that drives the plane is accredited by NASA, combining the body of a regular plane with a small electric engine powered by two lithium batteries that charge up in forty five minutes.
When temperatures fall somewhere between 4 and -1 degree Celsius in one of America warmest states, people from West Palm Beach to Miami look out for reptiles.
The weather bureau has forecast a hot weekend in Canberra, with Sunday set to reach a sweltering 38 degrees.
Any fire that starts during Saturday's predicted extreme heat and strong winds across Victoria will be difficult to put out, the Country Fire Authority has warned.
The man reportedly went into cardiac arrest while in the water at Manly on Friday morning.
After the Dow topped the 25,000 mark for first time, the ASX closed at the highest level since January 2008.
Insurers are set to pay out a record $US135 billion ($172 billion) to cover losses from natural disasters in 2017, driven by the costliest hurricane season ever in the United States and widespread flooding in South Asia.
What's biting where off WA's coast.
Magistrate grants prosecutors' application to revoke bail for a teenager charged with kicking a police officer in the head at a Melbourne shopping centre.
One of France's smelliest cheeses is under threat from rampaging wild boars as farmers kick up a stink over their destructive habits.
Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick, who was ousted as CEO in June, is selling nearly a third of his 10 per cent stake, a source said.
Argument over money may have sparked disappearance of Jayden Penno-Tompsett.
Surf brand Billabong International's directors have unanimously recommended a takeover bid from the US owners of Quiksilver worth about $198 million.
South Hedland police arrested the man and woman on Thursday and charged them with a stealing and property laundering offences.
Former Gold Coast defender Trent McKenzie has thrilled his new teammates at Port Adelaide with a prodigious left-foot kick over the club's headquarters.
The median asking price for a house in Melbourne has crossed the million dollar mark for the first time, new data shows, but that doesn't necessarily mean sales will hit seven figure mark too.
"They messed up, just like any of us ... we never had to worry about the bill when we left the hospital. They do."
Members of Gareth Morgan's family arrived in Sydney on Friday, following the fatal New Year's Eve crash.
The ACT's Domestic Animal Services has been running with a limited staff of rangers since October.
Two police officers have been hospitalised after being assaulted by a man in Kardinya on Thursday evening.
North and South Korea will hold official talks on January 9, South Korea's unification ministry said on Friday, after Pyongyang sent a statement accepting Seoul's offer for talks next week.
A Trump suit against Bannon would backfire, in a good way.
Officers had attempted to stop the same car on Peel Terrace in Busselton about 3am.
Jayden Penno-Tompsett was on a summer holiday with mates when he vanished from the side of a highway.
Twitter says President Donald Trump did not violate its terms of service when he once again used the service to escalate rhetoric about nuclear arms.
At the height of the delays, northbound traffic stretched back almost 15 kilometres.
Four more teenagers have been arrested after the trashing of an Airbnb property in Melbourne's west in December.
A major train incident occurs in South Africa 'every 16 minutes' on average.
Cambodian authorities are investigating Australian filmmaker James Ricketson over his alleged links to the country's now-disbanded opposition party, which has been accused of attempting to overthrow strongman Hun Sen in a purported United States-backed conspiracy.
An elderly man has been hospitalised after an alleged would-be-thief tried to prise his gold necklace from him as he was shopping in Victoria Park on Wednesday.
An outbreak of crown-of-thorns starfish has appeared near the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef.
Australia's trade slumped to a $628 million deficit in November, as weaker coal and grain exports combined with increased imports for the worst result in more than a year.
A protest held in the area earlier was over, but that protest organisers were still in discussions with police at the time of the bombing.
"Their capacity to pay is not considered until after they have received the necessary treatment."
Thai health authorities are alarmed about men having their penises whitened.
A man has been found dead in the back of a crashed car in Melbourne's north.
Emergency services were called to the property on Antill Street in Watson just after 3am.
Forecasters are split on the outlook for the Australian dollar in 2018, which they believe will be largely driven by interest rates.
The Joondalup train line between Joondalup and Butler stations reopened on Friday morning after a car crashed onto the tracks on Thursday afternoon.
A Toorak family is owed $6 million by troubled art auction house Mossgreen.
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