Police have charged 50 people for retail crime during a two-day blitz at two popular shopping districts ahead of Christmas.
Pamela Rontziokos
More than 400 people have been killed and 200,000 are displaced after Uvira, in eastern Congo, fell to the Rwanda-backed M23 paramilitary group.
The Associated Press
Causing excruciating pain, kidney stones can be years in the making - but they're also more likely to hit sufferers in the warmer months.
Katelyn Catanzariti
A senior Labor MP broke parliamentary rules during a family trip to Perth that billed taxpayers more than $21k, the expenses watchdog has found.
Ria Pandey
A United Airlines flight has been forced to make an emergency landing after an engine failed and a fire broke out.
Max Corstorphan
Police in Germany believe they have foiled a planned vehicle attack on a Christmas market in the southern state of Bavaria, with the arrest of five men.
Staff Writers
Emergency services have warned a bushfire is threatening lives and homes, urging residents to “act immediately to survive”.
Liam Beatty
Parents and children are learning together at one preschool, which has embedded Indigenous language and culture into each day's events.
Keira Jenkins
A drone strike on a United Nations facility in war-torn Sudan has left six peacekeepers dead, while eight others have been wounded.
Weather conditions are diverging across Australia's east and west coasts as firefighters brace for another day of high danger.
William Ton
Fresh data reveals Australia's koala count could be much higher than previously thought, as a contentious park to protect the species is called into question.
Samantha Lock and Farid Farid
The King "will be deeply touched" by the positive reaction to his message about his cancer recovery journey, Buckingham Palace has said.
Donald Trump has vowed to inflict "very serious retaliation" after an Islamic State ambush in Syria that killed three Americans.
Criminals are being let out of jail before they finish their sentences as jail bosses clear cells ahead of booze-soaked violence over Christmas and the New Year.
Ben Harvey
A drone attack in Russia's Saratov region killed at least two people, while more Ukraine energy infrastructure has been targeted.
Former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was being investigated for allegedly getting his personal protection officer to dig up dirt on Virginia Giuffre.
A senior Hamas leader thought to have been behind the October 2023 attacks on Israel may have been killed in a strike on a car in Gaza City.
This weekend’s heat and tough conditions for fire crews are a powerful reminder of the importance of bushfire preparedness.
Editorial
Christmas has come early for one fortunate Sandgroper.
Chloe Maher
Lady Gaga was forced to stop the music after a dramatic incident unfolded halfway through her concert in Sydney on Saturday.
Alexandra Feiam
China's coast guard has fired water cannon at Philippine fishing boats, Manila says, damaging vessels and injuring their crew in the disputed South China Sea.
As the social media ban for under 16s gets underway, thousands of WA parents are going a step further and vowing to delay giving their children smartphones.
Rhianna Mitchell
Concerns are emerging over complications and possible delays to a Japanese warship construction program at Henderson after a South Korean company was given permission to double its stake in Austal.
Andrew Greene
