Iraqi forces 'attack last IS bastion on Syria border'
Iraqi forces are reported to have launched an operation to recapture the last stronghold of so-called Islamic State in the country's western desert.
North Korea's missile testing prompts flurry of military drills as US and others show force
The United States military has staged bombing drills along with South Korea over the Korean peninsula, as Russia and China carried out naval exercises ahead of Tuesday's meeting at the UN General Assembly where the issue of North Korea is likely to loom large.
Rohingya refugees: Was Aung San Suu Kyi's speech too little, too late?
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi's speech to the nation about the humanitarian plight of the Rohingya people is too little too late for those in the international community who have repeatedly demanded shespeak up for the rights of the Muslim minority.
SSM: NSW Premier breaks ranks with Armenian church ahead of same-sex marriage survey
New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian has broken ranks with her ethnic church and declared she will be voting "Yes" in the same-sex marriage postal survey.
Springvale bank fire: CCTV shows 'pandemonium' as customers flee arson attack
A Melbourne court has released confronting CCTV of an asylum seeker from Myanmar setting fire to a bank at Springvale, in Melbourne's south-east, in an "act of retribution" for being kept waiting to make a withdrawal.
North Korea calls US Ambassador Nikki Haley a 'prostitute swishing her skirt'
North Korea has responded to criticism from a US ambassador by calling her a “prostitute” who is “swishing her skirt".
Socceroos to run World Cup qualifying gauntlet after Saudi Arabia do the business against Japan
Australia's World Cup nightmare has come true after Saudi Arabia's 1-0 win over Japan denied the Socceroos direct qualification and forced them down the arduous intercontinental play-off route.
No urgent need for same-sex marriage postal vote, court told
The government should not have bypassed Parliament by giving the Finance Minister the power to fund the postal survey on same-sex marriage, the High Court has heard.
