Australia may have to defend against criticisms from regional neighbours concerning its AUKUS submarine deal and the possibility of developing nuclear weapons.

Sexual assaults reported in Australia rise to an all-time high, following an increase of 13 per cent last year, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

With four decades of research on antibodies under my belt, I always felt like I had a pretty good handle on COVID-19. But when I caught the virus in May, my hubris quickly turned into humility, writes Professor Chris Goodnow.

As the latest annual Koolendong exercises come to a close in Western Australia, a soldier says his brigade learned lessons — but experts are divided on its significance.

The woman is in a stable condition after a hole opened up in a footpath leading into a Māori village tourist attraction about 200 kilometres south-east of Auckland.

Serious safety concerns have been raised after dozens of tourists were seen crowding around the banks of a crocodile-infested river in Kakadu National Park, where people have previously been killed.

The majority of Commonwealth members still criminalise homosexuality. Pride House Birmingham organisers want that to change.

Family and friends of Gordon Copeland pay tribute to the Gomeroi man as a coronial inquest into his drowning death wraps up, with calls for a "Gordon's Law" to dictate how police pursuits are managed near large bodies of water.

In Melbourne's outer south-east, rents are increasing. Real estate agents say landlords are putting prices up in anticipation of interest rates rises. 

Sheep farmers in the Snowy Monaro may have stumbled across the largest pieces of space junk found in Australia since NASA's Skylab space station came plummeting back to Earth in 1979.

Scientists hope cat-like predators once thought to be extinct in mainland Australia will make a big difference to the health of their new habitat in western Victoria.

Australians are paying about 20 cents a litre more for diesel than they should be, consumer advocates say. They say there doesn't seem to be a good answer for the high prices.

Parts of the United States approach their eighth straight day of extreme temperatures while, on the other side of the country, flood death tolls continue to rise. 

Decades ago, the pair allegedly told family members they were going into witness protection when they abandoned their Texas home and abruptly disappeared. 

The principal of the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas — where the United States' deadliest classroom shooting in a decade happened in May — has been reinstated, three days after she was suspended.

Last night's Neighbours finale was a ratings winner for Channel 10 and while some say it's the end of an era, could the TV show make a comeback in the future?

Indigenous leaders say they want the Prime Minister to spell out a path towards Australia's first referendum in 20 years, as he travels to make a significant address to Aboriginal communities.

The peak body for rapid antigen test suppliers says there is an "education gap" in Australia about how and when COVID tests should be used.

Experts for alleged criminals charged in one of Australia's biggest criminal sting operations will be given access to the coding of a messaging app built by the Australian Federal Police to catch those allegedly involved in organised crime. ...

Millions of households are warned to brace for savage hikes to their power bills as a newly released report reveals prices in Australia's biggest electricity market rocketed to their highest levels on record in the last quarter.

Years of damaging infighting and bitter spats culminate in Labor's Tasmanian branch being effectively taken over by the party's national executive, in order for it to "improve the culture" and reinstate "trust".

Despite an avalanche of claims on social media about a two-year-old's sudden death in Maryborough, there's no evidence to link it to COVID-19 vaccines.

Here's a quick wrap of today's COVID statistics from each state and territory.

A Syrian ship under US sanctions docks in the northern Lebanese port of Tripoli carrying barley and wheat the Ukrainian embassy in Beirut says had been plundered by Russia from Ukrainian stores.

The family of Australian Chau Van Kham say his mother-in-law is gravely ill and her dying wish is to see him before she passes away.