Jacinda Ardern and the New Zealand cabinet are observing a minute of silence in honour of the victim's of the Whakaari White Island eruption

Today brings another court hearing for the Tamil asylum seeker family currently being held on Christmas Island.

A handful of major states resisted pressure to ramp up efforts to combat global warming as the #Cop25Madrid2019  summit ground to a close.

'People should be under no illusions - we're not going to get this fire put out - and we're going to have to get through this next week of really hot weather with these fires being very active.'

Nearly sixty years ago rock carvings were stolen and displayed in a Tasmanian museum, now they are set to be returned to community.

Police and protesters have clashed in New Delhi as violent demonstrations against a controversial new citizenship law continue in India's capital and elsewhere.

Refugees without permanent visas can experience a prolonged sense of insecurity and displacement

Firefighting crews in the Blue Mountains area had been attempting to protect communities around the Bells Line of Road #NSWFires  #bushfires 

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has handed down his mid-year budget review and cut his forecast 2019/20 budget surplus to $5 billion #MYEFO