Canberra Airport was evacuated and planes were grounded for about three hours on Sunday afternoon as police recovered the firearm and swept the terminal. 

With more than 793 criminal investigations into suspected fraudulent claims, the federal government raises concerns that, while money is being offered to those who need it, others are taking advantage of the system.

The women were on a night out when bullets were fired into their car.  A 16-year-old girl and 20-year-old man were in the car at the time and police say they are "incredibly lucky" to be alive.

The Satanic Verses author is now off a ventilator and able to talk one day after he was stabbed and hospitalised.

Australian academic Timothy Weeks — who was previously held hostage by the Taliban — returns to Afghanistan to "celebrate" the regime's one year in power.

A family who fled Afghanistan after their daughter was killed in a missile attack has been reunited in Adelaide a decade later, after a successful court case against the Australian government over a four-year delay in processing their visa...

In 1900, sponge divers working near the Greek island of Antikythera accidentally discovered a 2,000-year-old shipwreck. A new excavation hopes to uncover the secrets still buried within the ship.

With the news of Olivia Newton-John's death this week, I found myself reflecting on a childhood obsession for squeaky-clean Sandy and her (spoiler alert!) sexy transformation in the name of love. But for others, Rizzo was the star of the sh...

It contains 58 bedrooms, 33 bathrooms, a private beach — and until recently, some of America's most classified documents. As the FBI launches an investigation, experts reveal the threat to national security at the former president's luxur...

Three lion cubs are born five days after Israel and Palestinian militants ended a fierce round of cross-border fighting.

A record number of women have been elected to the House of Representatives for the 47th parliament. But in the Liberal Party, women hold just nine of its 42 seats — an imbalance that can't be fixed unless it faces some harsh truths, write...

Metronet was sold as an "affordable and achievable" way of addressing urban sprawl. But five years on, there is still little more to show than sandy construction sites and unopened facilities.

Elizabeth is a retired Melbourne university administrator and researcher, and a grandmother too. Despite being on strict bail conditions waiting for her day in court, her resolve is unwavering.

Johnson & Johnson says while its talc-based range will be discontinued globally from next year, its Australian products already contain the new ingredient. 

It starts as a trickle, then legions of people from the crowd swirl together behind the Groote Eylandt Anindilyakwa dancers, billowing sand across the tiny community of Barunga — one of many special moments at the important festival. ...

Two long-lost sisters have been brought together as part of a project that aims to heal Indigenous intergenerational trauma from the Stolen Generations.

Italy's worst drought in decades hits the country's largest lake, exposing expanses of previously underwater rocks and warming the water to temperatures that approach the average found in the Caribbean Sea. 

Here's a quick wrap of Sunday's COVID-19 statistics from each Australian jurisdiction.

A native Australian nut has huge potential to be part of the booming Indigenous bush food industry, according to new research led by the University of Queensland.

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid says Israeli security forces will "restore calm" after a gunman shoots eight people, with victims including a pregnant woman and a man with wounds to his neck and head.

A red panda who escaped from Adelaide Zoo on Friday has been found up a tree at an adjacent park this morning. Keepers finally retrieved the animal this afternoon, surrounding the tree with blankets to catch him.

If the West is to avert a drift to catastrophic war, is now not the time to present China with a more virtuous and strong global order that it might not only emulate, but find impossible to resist, asks Stan Grant. 

As tests into the cause of the mass death of fish continue, Polish authorities announce a reward for information that helps find those responsible for polluting the river.

In Afghanistan, a whisper network of teachers, parents and community leaders is funnelling girls to secret schools, defying the rule of the Taliban. 

Fooey faithfully served the ABC for more than a decade, officially as a guard dog, but with a side hustle as an emotional support animal.