Police have charged two men in connection to an alleged kidnapping in Muswellbrook in March.

Newcastle police are planning more licencing operations after 12 alleged security breaches were detected in a weekend blitz ...

A woman has been charged with negligent driving occasioning death over a fatal crash in Stroud last month.

Senior ministers are on the chopping block as Labor's factional powerbrokers carve up cabinet positions following a ...

Knights coach Adam O'Brien says he was as surprised as anyone to hear Dom Young could be released by the Sydney Roosters and ...

A security supervisor dealing with the aftermath of a mall stabbing spree has acknowledged that things could have been done differently. Joel Cauchi, 40, brought a 30cm knife to Bondi Junction ...

North Korea has fired what appeared to be multiple short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast, South Korea's military ...

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A three-day ceasefire declared by Russia has come into effect with skies over Ukraine's major cities quiet, in a change from ...

The miniature dachshund who captured the attention of the nation is making her way back home.

As Soul Hub volunteer Angela Halliday tried to sleep on the cold, concrete floor of Bolton Street car park, she was very aware of her warm home waiting for her.

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