Robert F Kennedy Jr, President Donald Trump's pick to run the top US health agency, came under pointed questioning from the top Republican on the senate health committee who said he had reservations ...

Marianne Faithfull, the wild woman of London's swinging '60s who survived drug addiction, homelessness, two comas, cancer and ...

A leading counterterrorism expert has defended Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's refusal to discuss the alleged terrorist ...

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Hamas freed three Israeli and five Thai hostages in Gaza and Israel began releasing 110 Palestinian prisoners after delaying ...

Thrust into the national spotlight by a spate of anti-Semitic attacks, Jewish Australians want culprits caught and ...

A cyclone threat looms in northern Australia as a drenched region braces for yet more rain after a "remarkable" deluge. North Queensland is on cyclone watch with three tropical lows a chance of ...

More than 800 homes across five states are set to be unveiled as part of a multibillion-dollar social and affordable housing ...

Independent state MP Troy Bell is set to learn if a court will delay his sentencing on theft convictions and await the outcome of an appeal, or proceed and potentially cost him his seat.

Hamas has handed over three Israelis and five Thai hostages in Gaza, but Israel has delayed the expected release of ...

A BBC review into the conduct of Russell Brand during his time with the broadcaster has found a number of people "felt unable ...

Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of Ebola virus disease in the capital Kampala, with the first confirmed patient dying from ...