The massive blast that hit Lebanon’s capital on Tuesday has delivered yet another devastating blow to a country already rocked by crises. Well before the explosion, and even the coronavirus pandemic which upended the world, Lebanon was in the midst of the worst economic crisis in its history. Half its population of 6 million lives near or below the poverty …

A Sydney GP accused of sexually assaulting sleeping patients has told a jury a 16-year-old consented to receiving “alternative treatment” involving him placing his genitals in her hand. Ali Khorami has pleaded not guilty to 25 charges related to five female complainants who attended the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, in Glebe, for various sleep problems in 2018. The 49-year-old, …

Coles and Woolworths have been forced to bring back purchase limits on toilet paper and other essential items after a second wave of panic buying cleared shelves. While the restrictions largely apply to Victoria, which has seen a dramatic rise in coronavirus cases, the restrictions on toilet paper apply across Australia. Even Prime Minister Scott Morrison weighed in on renewed panic …

Federal Attorney-General Christian Porter has demanded an investigation after fresh sexual harassment allegations were made against former High Court judge Dyson Heydon. The Sydney Morning Herald yesterday reported claims Mr Heydon inappropriately touched a colleague when he was the royal commissioner investigating trade unions. The newspaper did not name the woman but said she worked at the commission as an administrative …

The last time I wrote about Qantas for The New Daily was back in August 2014, when everyone was calling for embattled CEO Alan Joyce to be sacked six tumultuous years after he was announced as the successor to Geoff Dixon in 2008. Another six years later and Joyce is still ruthlessly running Qantas. However, he now has so much respect from shareholders and directors alike, …

The driver who ploughed his car into a crowded hijab shop in Western Sydney lied about his medical history to obtain a licence, a court has heard. Sabry Moustafa Nassar, 51, was denied bail for a third time when he appeared in prison greens on screen today at the NSW Supreme Court from a cell at Silverwater jail. The painter …

The Arbery case triggered a national outcry after mobile phone video of the shooting was leaked on social media early in May. Thursday’s hearing followed more than a week of protests across the US over the May 25 death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, also a black American. Four officers have been charged in that case. Mr Dial …

NSW Police are treating the deaths of two 22-year-olds at a Western Sydney home on Saturday afternoon as a murder-suicide. Just before 12:45pm, emergency services were called to a home in Tongariro Terrace in Bidwill after reports of a stabbing. NSW Police found the woman outside the house with stab wounds from a knife to her chest, sides and back. …

Protesters have marched, stopped traffic and in some cases lashed out violently at law enforcement, while Louisville police have apologised for firing pepper bullets at a news crew as protests erupted in dozens of US cities following the death of unarmed African-American man George Floyd in Minnesota. Footage of Mr Floyd’s death on Monday (local time) went viral. It showed …

Four police officers have been tragically killed after a horror crash sparked chaos and blocked all lanes of a busy Melbourne freeway on Wednesday night. Dozens of emergency crews remain at the scene of the collision on the Eastern Freeway near Burke Road in the inner-city suburb of Kew. Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton confirmed a female senior constable and three male …