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Across Syria, buildings lie in ruin. Millions have fled their homes. And historic sites have been shattered, either by military bombardment or at the hands of the Islamic State group.

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Paul Bocuse, who became one of the 20th century's most influential chefs by building on the traditions of French haute cuisine with a distinctive style that emphasised simplicity and freshness, has died. He was 91.

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For President Donald Trump, this weekend was supposed to be a celebration.

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A body has been found in the search for a man missing in the Grampians.

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Thousands of women and their male supporters turned out on Saturday for the second Women's March, a nationwide series of protests against US President Donald Trump marking the end of his tumultuous first year in office.

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Two people died and nine were injured in a fire at a hotel in the centre of Prague on Saturday night, fire and rescue officials said.

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With airstrikes and artillery fire, Turkey on Saturday defied US appeals and opened a long-anticipated offensive on Afrin, an enclave in Syria for Kurdish militias backed by the United States.

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Armed insurgents stormed Kabul's largest hotel Saturday, setting off an explosion and sparking a fire, trapping an unknown number of hotel guests inside, Afghan officials confirmed.

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Firefighters have worked tirelessly through the night to contain several bushfires burning across the state including a large blaze in the Royal National Park, just south of Sydney.

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Police said when officers arrived they found the man, allegedly under the influence, behaving aggressively towards drivers and witnesses.

The fire service said the buildings had suffered "extensive damage (with) only a couple of sheds out the back left".

A man has died after the buggy he was driving crashed into a creek in Mount Waverley on Saturday night.

Police are investigating the death of a man in Frankston on Saturday night.

Much of the federal government officially shut down early Saturday after Senate Democrats blocked consideration of a stopgap spending measure.

North and South Korea solidified plans to march together under a unified flag at next month's Winter Olympics and agreed to compete with a joint women's ice hockey team in a rare show of unity amid heightened tensions about Kim Jong Un's nuclear program.

Turkey has started firing shells into the northern Syrian region of Afrin targeting US-backed Kurdish militias, despite warnings from the United States.

Washington: The US Congress are racing to meet a midnight Friday deadline to pass a short-term bill to keep the US government open and prevent agencies from shutting down.

Senate Democrats have blocked passage of a stopgap spending bill to keep the US government open.

He told an emergency room physician he had a liking for raw fish - specifically, salmon sashimi.

A woman is dead after the light aircraft she was travelling in overshot the runway and crashed in Tasmania's northeast.

More than two-thirds of athletes who visited Queensland for an endurance event stuck around for a holiday afterwards.

A selection of photographs from around the world by Fairfax picture editors.

The Royal National Park was closed and hundreds of people escorted to safety on Saturday, as firefighters battled two out-of control bushfires near Wattamolla in Sydney's south.

Trams and other vehicles are crashing into each other nearly three times a day on average.

Fears are growing for a tourist who was last seen under a waterfall in western Victoria on Saturday.

Former Turnbull cabinet minister Darren Chester has slammed $1 billion in federal government pork barelling after Fairfax Media revealed hundreds of millions of dollars were going to marginal seats while voters in safe seats missed out.

Melburnians should make the most of a cool change which has brought relief from searing heat to southern parts of the state – because next weekend is shaping up as a scorcher.

Hundreds of Canberrans lined up inside the Mugga Green Shed on Saturday evening, waiting for their chance to get in on 1.3 tonnes of Lego.

The racism broke out during a heated game of foursquare in the schoolyard.

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A former army member arrested in Serbia in a major drug smuggling investigation ran a business with his alleged co-accused that went bust with $11.5 million in debt and was accused of being operated improperly.

Labor has warned Graham Quirk to watch out after their Morningside byelection win, with the Opposition Leader saying Cr Quirk was 'not a very nice person'.

A 19-year-old has been charged with murdering 22-year-old, Mohamed Salihy, with a single shot to the chest at a housing complex in Merrylands West on Friday night.

"Australia didn't start being for Australians until 1901 [Federation Day]," said NCIS director Professor Mick Dodson.

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Theresa: “Boris, I don’t think that summit with France went very well.” Boris: “Oh, build a bridge and get over it… Hang on, that gives me an idea.”

Kara Cook has claimed victory in the Morningside byelection.

Canberra continues to swelter through heatwave.

The message is seemingly simple, but these experts don't think it's getting across.

Australian Banana Growers Council director Leon Collins said a cyclone could spread the Panama tropical disease, which would be "game over" for crops.

I've been wondering lately how many people carry a small hole in their hearts, invisible to everyone else. 

The Royal National Park has been closed as crews of firefighters respond to two bushfires burning out-of-control near Wattamolla in Sydney's south on Saturday afternoon.

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Betting on poker machines by NSW gamblers grew by more than $1.3 billion last year as new figures show the amount staked on the machines in some parts of Sydney's west leapt by "inexplicably" large amounts stoking fears they are increasingly vehicles for money laundering.

 A man has died after a head on collision on the North West Coastal Highway in WA's Pilbara.

A cohesion specialist says last season's failure to make the NRL finals could be a one-off.

The long-anticipated sale of the Bulimba Barracks has been delayed for up to six months.

An emergency warning was issued for towns north of Ballarat as fire crews fought blaze.

A proposal to build a dog breeding facility near Bathurst to supply dogs to a Sydney pet shop has encountered opposition from animal welfare campaigners.

"The public cares a whole lot more when they think they are at risk."

Two plaques were unveiled in East Melbourne to remember those affected by the attack.

Both Hawaii and Japan sent out false alarms about North Korean missile threats this week.