Operating out of a small room in an unknown country, a new internet radio station broadcasts a programme aimed at campaigning for greater women’s rights in Saudi Arabia. With melancholy music playing in the background, the presenter of Nsawya FM (Feminism FM) addresses the issue of domestic violence in the Gulf kingdom. The presenter’s voice shakes with emotion as she …

US President Donald Trump is facing the prospect of calls for his impeachment after his personal lawyer sensationally told a federal court he broke election campaign finance laws at Mr Trump’s direction. Mr Cohen, who once said he would “take a bullet” for the president, pleaded guilty to eight criminal charges of tax evasion, bank fraud and campaign finance violations …

Australia will get a new prime minister this Friday. No matter who it is, the damage to the government over the past week is beyond repair. Even though the Dutton camp abandoned collecting signatures to meet Malcolm Turnbull’s benchmark of 43 members signing up for a special meeting, it will go ahead. A clue was the PM telling colleagues not …

A religious leader accused of illegal land clearing on a rural property used for religious prayer has claimed a Western Sydney council is infringing on his group’s religious freedoms by pursuing him over the allegations. Hawkesbury City Council has launched civil action against Dr Mustapha Kara-Ali and Diaa Kara-Ali in the Land and Environment Court, alleging they carried out illegal …

How would you feel about paying $28 for a jar of instant coffee, $9 for a box of instant oats, or $16 for laundry detergent? The “inflated” prices were recorded last month at remote stores in Queensland, many of which are run by a group controlled by the State Government. Lockhart River Mayor Wayne Butcher said shoppers in remote Indigenous …

Real estate listings company Domain Holdings has experienced a 120 per cent drop in full-year profit. The company reported a $6.2 million loss in the 2017-18 financial year, which is a significant drop from the $23.5 million net profit it posted in the prior year. Domain’s loss was effected by a write-down of $29.6 million, predominantly related to its print …

Three men have been charged over their alleged involvement in the execution-style murder of former bikie boss Mahmoud “Mick” Hawi in Sydney’s south. On Friday, two members of the criminal gang Lone Wolf, aged 37 and 38, were arrested while leaving a barber shop in Bexley and charged with the former Comanchero boss’s murder. A 36-year-old Brighton Le Sands man …

One woman is dead and a young girl is critically injured after a shooter opened fire in the Canadian city of Toronto on Sunday night, local time. The suspected shooter died at the scene after emergency services responded about 10pm local time on Sunday (12 noon AEST). There are 14 other victims of the shooting at Danforth Avenue near Logan …

Donald Trump has threatened Iran with “consequences the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered before” in a Twitter tirade that has stunned diplomatic observers. The all-caps tweet came after the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani spoke out on America’s anti-Iran policy. Mr Trump told Mr Rouhani to “never, ever threaten the United States again” and told him to …

Claims by Peter Dutton that Australia does a lot of heavy lifting for New Zealand’s security have not gone down well with New Zealand’s acting prime minister. In an continuing trans-Tasman stoush over Australia’s deportation regime, Home Affairs Minister Mr Dutton last week said New Zealand needed to keep in mind that Australia was a buffer between it and boats …