Donald Trump has become the first current or former US President in history to be convicted of a crime.

Minister Andrew Giles is resisting pressure to stand down, saying there's more work to be done, as the opposition accuses him of being "asleep at the wheel" over the detainee crisis.

Leaders speak out following powerful testimony from a distressed daughter who says she repeatedly raised the alarm about her dangerous father before he murdered two women in Western Australia.

Australia has joined a global chorus of condemnation of an Israeli airstrike on the Gazan city of Rafah.

Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 35 people and wounded dozens more at a camp in the southern Gazan city of Rafah, the IDF says it was targeting a Hamas compound but aid groups claim it was a camp for the displaced.

The airline's CEO has personally reached out to passengers severely injured when one of their aircraft hit turbulence.

French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in New Caledonia to seek a political solution to deadly violence that's rocked the territory. 

A man has died and dozens have been injured onboard a Singapore Airlines flight, which plunged several thousand feet after hitting turbulence.

Telstra announces plans to sack up to 2,800 workers, as it overhauls its operations.

A search continues in difficult terrain after the crash of a helicopter carrying the President of Iran.