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Lawyers for former SAS corporal will likely spend the coming days pouring over the reasons for the dismissal of his appeal.

War veteran Ben Roberts-Smith fails in a bid to overturn his multi-million-dollar defamation loss against Nine newspapers, which found him complicit in war crimes on the balance of probabilities.

Authorities formally identify Joel Cauchi as the 40-year-old man shot by police after he fatally stabbed five women and one man at Westfield Bondi Junction on Saturday afternoon.

Five women and one man are dead following a man's stabbing spree at a Bondi Junction shopping centre. The attacker, who is believed to have acted alone, has been shot dead by a lone police officer.

NSW Building commissioner David Chandler says while there was a "set of circumstances that need to be fixed" at the Macquarie Park development, "there is absolutely no threat to collapse".

Myer opened at the location in 1988 and with the end of the lease will come a new name for centre.

A crime scene has been declared after six people, including two police officers, were shot dead during a siege at a property in Queensland's Western Downs.

A man is pulled from the flooded Brisbane River alive after a houseboat sinks in the extreme weather lashing the south-east of the state.

Energy is being restored to homes and businesses across Queensland after mass electricity outages across the state. Look back on how news of the outage unfolded.

Signing into sites and apps using your Facebook account might be convenient, but do you really know who collects this information and what they're doing with it?

US President Donald Trump has delivered his first State of the Union to a joint sitting of Congress, outlining his agenda for the year ahead in the lead-up to the crucial mid-term congressional elections in November.

A Q&A auditorium brimming with high school students pose questions about the best way to find a job, fears that suicide is being glamourised, and their right to vote to four of their peers and two senior federal MPs.

An investigator with the Australian Federal Police sought and acquired the call records of a journalist without a warrant during an investigation into a leak from inside the AFP, Commissioner Andrew Colvin says.

Late pop superstar George Michael will be remembered not only as an artist who pushed the boundaries of British pop music, but as one who challenged the way gay celebrities expressed their sexuality in public.

Donald Trump claims victory before a crowd of cheering supporters at his New York headquarters, calling on Americans to "come together as one united people" and congratulating Hillary Clinton on a hard-fought battle.

The US presidential candidates undertake on a swing-state blitz, making their final pitch to voters before tomorrow's election.

The FBI says it has ended its investigation into the emails which threw Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign into turmoil, and has concluded that no charges are warranted. Look back at our live coverage from the campaign trail.

Australian destinations frequently feature in international lists of most desirable travel spots — but is it actually a safe place to visit? Here's some of the the general security and travel tips other countries issue for Australia.

Election campaigns are not just about getting to know your candidates before polling day, they are also the time political parties put what they know about you to work, in the hope of securing your vote.

William Shakespeare's knack for creating blockbusters that appeals to the masses means if he were alive today he would be "coming up with the next big thing", a university literary studies academic says on the 400th anniversary of The Bard's death.

Four hundred years after William Shakespeare rested his quill for the last time, read through some passages of the playwright's most famous scenes and find out what he meant in contemporary English.

Afghanistan's natural wonders are shared online by journalist Bilal Sarwary, who provides a rare glimpse of life inside the war ravaged country.

Former prime minister John Howard says he was "embarrassed" intelligence he used to take Australia to war in Iraq was inaccurate and denies it was a "deliberate deception".

In an interview broadcast on the Seven Network, Mr Howard said he and the then National Security Committee of Cabinet in 2003 sent Australian troops into Iraq because they believed American intelligence that Saddam Hussein posed a threat to the West.

However, he said as evidence emerged that there were no weapons of mass destruction "I felt embarrassed. I couldn't believe it, because I had genuinely believed it".