NEWS

Five men have been arrested following a 10-month-long investigation on illicit tobacco-importing syndicate in Sydney.

NSW Police have dropped all charges filed against University of New South Wales student Mohamed Nizamdeen.

Senators have killed off Fraser Anning’s plebiscite to end non-white immigration.

The man, woman and their young child arrived at Brisbane International Airport on Monday and were sent back shortly.

Singapore-based Alex Turnbull is still on his quest to stop Australians from voting for the political party that kicked out his father from being prime minister.

On Wednesday, MPs shed tears while debating laws to decriminalise abortion in the state, but eventually passing the bill 50 to 41 votes.

A senior Australian doctor caring for refugees on Nauru has been arrested and deported back to Australia.

For the third year in a row hunger is rising across the world. And, as a recent report by the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation shows, the situation is worsening in most regions in Africa. Almost 21% of the continent’s population of 1,216 billion is undernourished.

Turkey, Russia and Iran have actively involved themselves in the Syrian conflict, each with their own divergent interests.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison, meanwhile, said that it was “regrettable” his own senators even voted for the motion in the first place.

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten announced the policy shift on Monday following the leaked religious freedom review.

The Australian prime minister has been slammed for his “shallow approach” to tackling labour shortage.

Facebook has yet again become the victim of a cyber attack.

The buyer of the shredded Banksy artwork has proceeded with the sale.

Chinmay Naik was also ordered to pay the university’s $8,000 legal fee on Friday.

Alex Turnbull posted a Facebook video on Thursday, telling voters to reject the party at the upcoming Wentworth by-election on Oct. 20.

Médecins Sans Frontières wants the immediate evacuation of asylum seekers from Nauru.

Kelly Val Smith, 40, was sentenced to at least two years in jail on Wednesday.

William Nordhaus and Paul Romer have been awarded the 2018 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences (colloquially known as the economics Nobel).

There is little dispute the pay packages for leading chief executives have reached gross and excessive proportions while the wages of poorly paid Australians have stagnated.

Further upgrades to one of the Northern Territory's high-priority cattle routes has started, following the start of construction for Package 1 in June.

Religious schools could be given a weapon to discriminate against LGBTI, according to a new report.

Adolf Hitler’s oldest male and living descendant has come out of obscurity to take a swing at Donald Trump.

Viktoria Marinova was found brutally murdered and raped in a park in the Danube town of Ruse on Saturday.

A Banksy painting has self-destructed after fetching £1.04 million (AU$1.93 million) at auction.

Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege have been awarded the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize for their work in trying to end sexual violence during war and armed conflict.

One of the 2018 Nobel Prizes in physics went to Donna Strickland, a major accomplishment for any scientist. Yet much of the news coverage has focused on the fact that she’s only the third female physicist to receive the award.

Scouts Australia has apologised to the victims of child sexual abuse during their time in the organisation.

A 40-year-old IT project manager has been accused of raping a 13-year-old boy in his front yard.