Previously secret cabinet records also released today revealing the Howard Government's concerns about the safety of troops in Iraq in 2004

Fireworks, fun and sun - how Australia has become a huge attraction for international tourists wanting to ring in the New Year in a big way.

South Korea in shock after 179 killed in the country's deadliest aviation disaster on home soil. 

Australia's most famous sailing race, the Sydney to Hobart, has been hit by two deaths in separate incidents off the New South Wales coast.

Firefighters prepare for potentially devastating conditions across Victoria today as locals warned to get out of danger zones before it's too late.

Russia urged respect international law as desperate efforts are made to locate Oscar Jenkins - the Melbourne man captured while fighting for Ukraine.

Renters deal with unprecedented price increases - making life increasingly difficult in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis.

French man Dominique Pelicot has been sentenced to 20 years behind bars after he was found guilty of drugging and raping his wife Gisele.

Penny Wong uses a visit to Kyiv to reopen Australia's Ukraine Embassy as Russia makes an arrest over the assassination of a top general in Moscow.

Australia rushing aid to Vanuatu as a massive earthquakes strikes - destroying houses and critical infrastructure - with the death toll expected to rise.