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Donald Trump is urging Iranians to keep protesting as the theocracy escalates its brutal crackdown.

Pushback from the Opposition and Independents as the Government tries to get new hate speech and gun control reforms through parliament.

Fire crews battling huge bushfire fronts across Victoria as scorching temperatures and strong winds fuel some of the worst conditions seen since the 2009 Black Saturday fires.

Jewish community leaders welcome the Prime Minister's decision to call a national Royal Commission into anti-Semitism and social cohesion.

Better than expected inflation figures arrive but economist are warning interest rate hikes might still come this year.

Is the Prime Minister on the brink of calling a Royal Commission into the Bondi terror attack?

Nicolas Maduro and his wife plead not guilty to narco trafficking charges with the deposed leader defiantly declaring he's still President of Venezuela.

Deposed Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro sits in a New York prison cell as Donald Trump warns the country's new leaders to co-operate.

At least forty people have died in a fire at a New Years Eve party in the Swiss alps, and an Australian is among the injured.

Australians defiant against terror - flocking to Sydney Harbour to watch the spectacular fireworks display to celebrate the New Year.