Pauline Hanson has failed in her bid to be elected to the upper house of the NSW parliament.

Yet another scandal has rocked the Australian military.

The 17-yr-old son of a former Cabinet minister says he struggled as a closet homosexual boarder at King's College.

The Human Rights Commission says saving money should not be the reason defendants lose their right to a trial by jury.

Testosterone-fuelled drivers will benefit from bid to erase gender inequality.

Ivory Coast has been plunged back into civil war after a slow-burning election crisis developed into violence.

A US soldier has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for the murders of three unarmed Afghan civilians.

A tribunal has upheld a race discrimination complaint against a legal definition used to deny disaster recovery payments and social security to thousands of New Zealanders living in Australia.

The US is facing a severe backlash after the publication of horrific images documenting 'trophy' killings committed by US soldiers in Afghanistan.

Workers at the damaged nuclear plant in Japan are doing whatever is necessary to save the greater population.

Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi has threatened retaliatory attacks against passenger aircraft in the Mediterranean if foreign countries made air strikes against his country.

Lukashenko blasts 'cheap trick' but opponents act over his human rights abuses

The murder of second official stops any immediate chance of blasphemy law reform.