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Kirk Osborne, facing 22 domestic violence charges, has told a court he never intended to 'prostitute' his ex-wife out after posting her dating profile online with the caption 'have a crack'.
A Sydney man has become the first person jailed under Australia's new mandatory minimum sentencing laws for performing a Nazi salute, after he was sentenced to three years' imprisonment on Friday. Nathan Ballesty, 36, pleaded guilty to the salute charge along with six counts of using a carriage service to menace, harass or offend, and one count of contravening a police order.
President Trump gave Chinese President Xi Jinping a tour of his new helipad and the Presidential Walk of Fame at the White House, which includes a picture of an automatic pen in place of a portrait of Joe Biden. Xi reportedly laughed heartily during the visit.
The traditional friendly wager between the premiers of Western Australia and Queensland ahead of Saturday's AFL grand final appears to have been called off, with both leaders reportedly too busy to place a bet.
Green Party leader Zack Polanski, who is Jewish, was heckled at a Jewish community hustings in the Holborn and St Pancras byelection after saying that Zionism is a form of racism, according to a report from the Camden New Journal.
Al Jazeera's latest news roundup leads with a report that rising malnutrition in Nigeria is being driven by food costs linked to the US war on Iran, while also featuring video coverage of a chaotic third day at the UN General Assembly, a climate warning from Nepal's prime minister, and Ukrainian drone attacks on multiple Russian regions.
At least four people have been killed, including a 14-year-old boy, in a wave of drone attacks across Russia and Ukraine, officials in both countries confirmed on Friday. A Russian drone struck a 16-storey residential building in Kyiv's central Pechersk district, killing the teenager and injuring seven others, while Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia's Belgorod and Perm regions claimed two more lives.
More than 100 people were arrested at large protests in New York City on Thursday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a fiery address to the United Nations General Assembly, during which dozens of delegates walked out and he accused New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani of antisemitism.
Cambodia has for the first time formally admitted that its anti-scam crackdown is targeting compounds linked to well-connected, sanctioned tycoons. Senior Minister Chhay Sinarith, head of the ad hoc Commission for Combating Online Scams, told Nikkei Asia that properties associated with senators Ly Yong Phat and Kok An are under active investigation.
Sagal Abdi-Wali, Labour’s candidate in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election, has said she has no desire to become prime minister or lead her party, insisting her focus is on winning the constituency once represented by Keir Starmer.
The UK government has announced £90 million ($119 million) in funding for heat networks that capture waste heat from datacenters and industrial sites to warm homes, including a £41 million project that will distribute hot water from a waste plant in Bexley to 650,000 London households via electric barges before eventually using a tunnel under the River Thames. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) says more than 750,000 homes across the country will receive cheaper heating through the scheme.
The grieving father of a five-day-old boy who died in 2023 has rejected a Queensland coronial inquest's conclusion that the death was not preventable, vowing to apply to have the findings set aside and calling for greater transparency in maternity care.
The former foster carers of an eight-month-old Ballarat baby who died just days after being returned to her biological parents say the child protection system failed her. The baby, identified only as Mia, had been in foster care since three weeks old after presenting with signs of traumatic injury including bruising. She was returned to her biological parents following a court-ordered parenting assessment, but died three days later.
The NSW corruption watchdog has heard that a Toplace employee warned fugitive developer Jean Nassif that serious building defects could "f***" the company, as the inquiry continues to examine efforts to target former building commissioner David Chandler. The lawyer for Nassif, Sharangan Maheswaran, is accused of orchestrating a campaign to damage Chandler's career, including by sending damaging material to political contacts.
The third day of the United Nations General Assembly in New York was marked by chaos and walkouts amid converging global crises, while protesters in New York and beyond voiced sharply contrasting views on Israel and Palestine, according to Al Jazeera video reports.
Former Catholic priest Robert James Hickman, 81, has been sentenced to two years and six months in prison for sexually abusing two young girls in foster care during a visit to Perth 36 years ago, with a WA judge describing his actions as a 'breach of trust'.
Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote, Ethiopia and Djibouti have agreed to build a $660 million (£500 million) petroleum pipeline and storage project linking Djibouti's Damerjog port to a distribution facility in Dewele, Ethiopia. The project is expected to begin operations within 18 months and will transport key fuels including jet fuel, diesel and petrol.
NHS integrated care boards in England have introduced minimum two-year waiting times for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism assessments, reflecting a health service struggling to cope with a sharp rise in referrals driven by greater awareness and changing social attitudes, according to a Guardian report.
Day three of the United Nations General Assembly was marked by intense diplomatic fractures, walkouts, and starkly contrasting addresses on the Israel-Palestine conflict, while the rapid advance of artificial intelligence raised urgent questions about global safeguards. High-stakes bilateral talks between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the White House also unfolded against a backdrop of ongoing drone attacks inside Russia.
US President Donald Trump welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping to the White House on Thursday night for a lavish state dinner, where both leaders hailed a new chapter in bilateral relations, even as experts cautioned that the visit had yet to yield concrete progress on pressing issues including artificial intelligence, Taiwan, and the US war with Iran. The dinner was marked by a dispute over press access, with CNN and MSNBC journalists turned away from covering Xi’s arrival hours after a federal judge ordered the White House to restore their credentials.
Al Jazeera has released several video newsfeeds from the United Nations General Assembly and other events, including the arrest of actors Susan Sarandon and Hannah Einbinder at a Netanyahu protest, a Trump-Xi White House summit, and a new AI safety segment.
Dom Dolla has played to 60,000 fans at Melbourne's Marvel Stadium, setting a new record for the biggest electronic dance music concert by a solo artist in Australia's history, according to a report in The Guardian.
Saudi Arabia intercepted six ballistic missiles fired by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi forces on Friday, with the attacks pushing oil prices to a one-week high amid fears of supply disruptions. The Saudi-led coalition said the missiles were aimed at Taif in western Saudi Arabia and the Yanbu area on the Red Sea, a key alternative route for Saudi oil exports.
Brazil’s presidential race remains neck-and-neck, with polls released this week showing incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and challenger Flavio Bolsonaro essentially tied heading into the October election.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and former U.S. President Donald Trump met in Washington on Thursday, with the two leaders agreeing to a six-month extension of the current tariff truce. The meeting, marked by symbolic gestures including Xi’s gift of pandas, produced few concrete outcomes beyond the extension, according to the BBC.
A new report from the Herald and The Age details how Izzy Burgess supported former Bombers player Draper through arduous months of rehabilitation, keeping things light with satirical memes and a viral T-shirt during what he called "the darkest moments of my life."
Australia’s flu season is peaking later than usual, with infectious diseases experts urging the public to still get vaccinated despite the late timing. In the two weeks to September 6, the Australian Respiratory Surveillance report recorded more than 31,000 influenza cases, a 27.2 per cent increase from the previous period, bringing the year-to-date total to 171,440 laboratory-confirmed cases.
Fremantle are on the cusp of claiming their first AFL premiership, driven by a resilient squad built from overlooked players and a rock-solid defensive foundation, as they prepare to face the Brisbane Lions in Saturday's grand final.
Thousands of Queensland child safety workers will walk off the job for two-and-a-half hours this afternoon, escalating protected industrial action amid stalled negotiations with the state government over pay and conditions. The Together Union says members have been left with no choice as the government fails to address chronic understaffing and excessive caseloads.
At the UN General Assembly in New York, starkly contrasting treatment of Israel and Palestine took center stage, underscored by a White House summit between Trump and Xi, protests against Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, and a Dutch PM's remarks on the ICC warrants for Putin and Netanyahu.
New Jersey Lieutenant Governor Dale Caldwell resigned Friday afternoon, hours after Governor Mikie Sherrill gave him a Friday deadline to step down following an ethics report that found he sexually harassed a staffer and committed other ethics violations.
One Nation's general manager has defended the party's use of $56,000 in party funds to build a shed on James Ashby's private property, describing the micro-distillery project as an 'unconventional' fundraising move. The defence comes after the party admitted the expense in an email to members, where it said the money had been lent to a party-linked company.
Four people have been charged with attempted unlawful killing after a 37-year-old man was shot in the stomach while walking near bushland in Perth’s southern suburb of Hamilton Hill earlier this month.
After a nearly monthlong delay, states can now order this season's COVID-19 vaccines through a federal program that provides free immunizations to low-income children, the US health department confirmed Wednesday. The Trump administration has still not explained why ordering was held up, fueling concerns about interference from anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Pope Leo XIV celebrated an open-air Mass on the Champs-Élysées for hundreds of thousands of Catholic faithful Saturday, with the Vatican estimating 700,000 people in attendance, as the pontiff used his homily to urge believers to find happiness in faith rather than material things.
A new Pew Research Center survey reveals that more Americans hold a positive view of China than in 2021, coinciding with Chinese President Xi Jinping’s first visit to the United States in more than a decade. The improvement in sentiment comes as President Donald Trump welcomes Xi to the White House while simultaneously enforcing a partial media ban that has drawn criticism from press freedom advocates.
Former West Coast Eagles premiership player Mark Hutchings has announced the sudden death of his partner Hannah, who died two days after giving birth to their daughter Sofia. In a social media post, Hutchings said he was 'shattered' by the loss and expressed that Hannah had been looking forward to motherhood.
Australian actress and producer Delvene Delaney has returned to Kakadu National Park, four decades after the release of the blockbuster film Crocodile Dundee, where she reunited with the restored safari truck from the original movie and reflected on memories of her late husband, John Cornell.
A quiet film in the Konyak language from India’s northeastern state of Nagaland has won the Platform Prize at the Toronto International Film Festival, earning director Theja Rio a rare direct route to Oscar consideration and bringing a little-known world to global cinema.
James Copenhaver, one of three attendees shot when a gunman opened fire at Donald Trump's 2024 campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, has died at age 76, more than two years after the attack. Officials linked his death to complications from wounds sustained in the shooting, which killed another attendee and grazed Trump's ear.
Tasmanian Liberal MPs will be allowed a conscience vote on a Greens bill to ban conversion practices, Police Minister Felix Ellis has announced, confirming he will vote against the legislation. The bill, which would make it illegal to attempt to suppress or change a person's sexual or gender identity, is expected to be debated in state parliament this year.
A return flight from Brisbane to the Queensland outback town of Longreach can cost more than an interstate or overseas trip, a resident has discovered, as two separate reviews examine the affordability of regional airfares. John Elliott was 'staggered' to find a $1,386 return fare booked five days in advance — equivalent to a last-minute Qantas flight to Auckland and only $450 less than a budget flight to Singapore.
A $1 billion waste processing plant proposed for the historic Kandos Cement Works site near Mudgee is at the centre of a dispute between developer Cenagen and the New South Wales government, with Environment Minister Penny Sharpe arguing the project falls under the state's energy-from-waste framework and cannot proceed outside designated precincts.
Fiji is grappling with a rapidly worsening HIV epidemic, with new statistics showing one in 60 adults now living with the virus — a sharp increase from one in 167 five years ago — and 59 infants were born with HIV at the country's largest hospital last year, 18 of whom died before their first birthday, according to an ABC News report.
Frogs in Australia's oldest national park showed higher rates of a deadly fungal infection in waterways exposed to wastewater from the Metropolitan Mine compared to unexposed areas, according to a new study published last month in the Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances.
Iran is awaiting an official US response to its seven-day roadmap to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end regional hostilities, but reports indicate President Donald Trump has already rejected the deal, deepening uncertainty over the diplomatic initiative pitched at the UN General Assembly.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has declined to hear an appeal in the controversial illegal voting case of Crystal Mason, letting stand her acquittal and bringing an end to a nearly decade-long legal battle for the Black Texas woman who was originally sentenced to five years in prison for casting a provisional ballot that was never counted.
US President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen, Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen, and Deputy Prime Minister Múte B. Egede signed a trilateral security deal on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 22, 2026, according to a photo published by Al Jazeera.