Japan's former prime minister, Shinzo Abe, is shot while giving a speech in the western city of Nara and the country's current Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, says his predecessor's condition is critical.

Japan's former prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has died after being shot while making a campaign speech, according to local media. 

Anthony Albanese will ask federal parliament's elections committee to consider what changes could be made to extend voting rights to some New Zealanders.

For almost a quarter of a century, Leah Sallese believed she had had an "affair" with her PE teacher until a conversation with her psychotherapist led her to realise she was abused, the commission of inquiry hears.

From nearly a metre of rain south of Sydney to a one-in-500-year flood in the Hunter, one huge weather system has driven extremes from Darwin to NSW.

NCA bomber Domenic Perre is recovering in the Royal Adelaide Hospital after undergoing heart surgery. The 65-year-old collapsed last week shortly after being found guilty of murder and attempted murder. 

Former Sydney teacher Chris Dawson continued to love his wife before she vanished while also having a "relationship" with the family's teenage babysitter, a judge is told. 

The ACT Supreme Court formally ends the prosecution of Canberra lawyer Bernard Collaery as his legal team considers seeking costs for the case, which has spanned four years.

Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was on the campaign trail ahead of the country's upper house elections when he was shot. Here's what we know so far.

One of the tennis world's most polarising stars says even he figured his ship had sailed before the chance at Wimbledon glory suddenly reared its head again. 

Former police officer Derek Chauvin tells George Floyd's children to become "good adults" but shows no remorse as he stares down 21 years in prison. 

Most people will have the Moderna or the Pfizer vaccine for their fourth dose. But the Doherty Institute's head of vaccine and immunisation research says there's practically no difference between them. 

Boris Johnson always behaved as if the rules didn't apply to him, so as they try to salvage what's left of their party, the Tories can't say they weren't warned, writes Steve Cannane.  

Australia's brand new icebreaker, the RSV Nuyina, is out of action for the foreseeable future after checks revealed key mechanical parts need replacing.

Labor has promised to deliver the Murray Darling Basin Plan in full, but new Water Minister Tanya Plibersek says there's a long way to go. 

Former Hurstville councillor Clifton Wong is found dead in an office building in Sydney's inner west two days after giving evidence at a corruption inquiry. Police say his death is not suspicious.

Nambucca River oyster farmers are facing a 21-day closure after floods triggered a sewage spill in the estuary and wiped out infrastructure and oyster stock.

A National Parks and Wildlife Service marine mammal expert says the farmers who returned the seal to the sea did the right thing.

Four days of Haute Couture come to an end, having featured everything from balloons to live animals on the runway. 

Zhuo Ling Yin was injured when she was attacked by a Rottweiler that had escaped from its home in Western Sydney.

Queensland's Acting Premier Steven Miles says decisions to suspend operations will be made at a hospital level. There are 714 COVID-19 cases in hospital. 

President Vladimir Putin says Russia has barely "even yet started" in Ukraine and dares the West to try to defeat it on the battlefield.

US basketballer Brittney Griner has been held in a Russian jail since February. Here's how the WNBA star found herself at the centre of a row between two rival superpowers.

To film buffs, James Caan was a screen legend, but to a younger audience he's the grumpy dad from Elf. Here's your guide to his most iconic roles. 

On his way to reaching the semifinals at a major for the first time, Nick Kyrgios has again polarised tennis fans and the public with his performances at Wimbledon, writes Russell Jackson.