Australia

Tropical Cyclone Narelle has weakened after crossing the coast in northern Australia for the second time as it barrels towards already sodden Top End communities.

A powerful category four cyclone has made landfall on Australia's northern coast, bringing destructive wind gusts as authorities warn it will move quickly and forcefully.

A teacher censured for asking students inappropriate questions, including "How long would you wait to have sex with a dead girl?", has now been suspended from his teaching role in Australia.

A young Canadian backpacker drowned when she was attacked by a pack of dingoes, a coroner has determined.

Australia's social cohesion is under "sustained pressure", a new report warns, as terrorism, foreign conflict and the lingering effects of Covid-19 intensify pre-existing fractures in trust.

Australian personnel at a United Arab Emirates air base are all accounted for after it was hit by a drone strike as the war in the Middle East escalates.