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Indonesian police have arrested an alleged people smuggler who has targeted Australia since 1999, Indonesian and Australian authorities say.

New Zealand has demanded that Syria stop the bombing its own civilians - telling the UN Security Council Russia's support of the Assad regime is "destroying innocent lives".

As summer nears, Australian rural healthcare workers are being advised to be on alert for a deadly brain disease after the death of a baby boy in Townsville.

Attorney-General George Brandis is warning the legalisation of gay marriage could take years if there is no agreement on the plebiscite.

Bosnian Serbs have voted overwhelmingly to keep their national holiday in a referendum held despite ethnically divided Bosnia's highest court ruling it illegal.

Five million brightly coloured plastic bottle tops have been laid out on a Mediterranean island, spelling the word "HELP" in an art installation that aims to draw attention to marine pollution.

Hillary Clinton will press Donald Trump to provide more specifics on his policies in their presidential debate, her top aides say, ahead of a face-off that could set US television audience records.

Investigators are working to determine what led a gunman to open fire and kill five people in a department store at a Washington state mall, following the arrest of a 20-year-old suspect in the rampage.

The US has accused Russia of "barbarism" in Syria as warplanes supporting government forces pounded Aleppo and Moscow, saying ending the five-year civil war was almost "impossible".