Three Australian women with links to Islamic State have been arrested after arriving back in the country, facing jail time for alleged slavery and terrorism offences.

Families linked to ISIS are flying home to Australia from Syria with some facing imminent arrest on arrival.

The ambitious plan to have a major freight rail corridor stretching from Melbourne to Brisbane is all but dead with the federal government putting the brakes on the Inland Rail project. 

As Iran renews missile strikes on the United Arab Emirates, the U-S military begins a new operation to help vessels transit the Strait of Hormuz, saying its destroyed small Iranian boats, and intercepted drones and cruise missiles fired at ships. 

A call to politicians to respect sorry business from the family of murdered Alice Springs girl Kumanjayi Little Baby.

Violence has erupted in Alice Springs overnight, after the alleged killer of a five-year-old girl was arrested.

$35 billion and counting: the heavy cost of war in focus as a defiant US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth testifies before the US Congress. 

King Charles addresses a joint session of the US Congress, launching a vigorous defence of the NATO pact.

A courtroom  appearance for the man charged with attempting to assassinate U-S president Donald Trump. 

US Presidential security questioned again in the wake of the shooting incident as Donald Trump attended the White House Correspondent's Dinner.