Taekwondo star Hamidi sacrifices her freedom to battle the Taliban
Afghan taekwondo star Marzieh Hamidi told AFP the death threats she has received, forcing her to live under French police protection, show how effective her stinging criticism of the Taliban has been.
'Living in a cage': West Bank checkpoints proliferate after Gaza truce
Father Bashar Basiel moved freely in and out of his parish in the occupied West Bank until Israeli troops installed gates at the entrance of his village Taybeh overnight, just hours after a ceasefire ...
Survivors strive to ensure young do not forget Auschwitz
On a frosty Polish winter evening, 96-year-old Esther Senot told the 100 or so shivering students at Auschwitz-Birkenau how she was a teenager much like them when she was first brought to the Nazi ...
Federal judge blocks Trump bid to restrict birthright citizenship
A federal judge  blocked Donald Trump's attempt to restrict birthright citizenship in the United States on Thursday as liberal states scored their first victory against the new president's hardline ...
Alien hunting? Look under sea, says Republican congressman
US congressional Representative Tim Burchett said in an interview Wednesday that an admiral -- whom he did not identify -- had told him of an alien craft moving at incredible speeds in the sea.
Germany knife attack on children reignites pre-vote migrant debate
A deadly knife attack on a play school group in Germany, where an Afghan man was arrested at the scene, reignited a bitter ...
Here's what you can expect with tomorrow's Blacktown weather
Tomorrow's forecast is mostly sunny; sw winds tending e'ly. The highest expected temperature tomorrow is 29, which is two ...
Retired NSW Ambulance assistant commissioner Peter Payne cleared of sexually touching child
The retired former assistant commissioner of the NSW Ambulance was all smiles as he marched out of court on Friday after being cleared of charges he sexually touched a child.
Adam Griffith will control the future of Australian fast bowling as the new national pace bowling coach
Australian coach Andrew McDonald says former Tasmanian bowler Adam Griffiths will add “invaluable” expertise after being put in charge of Australia’s fast bowling present and future as the new pace ...
Tasmanian workers getting fewer hours than interstate counterparts
New labour force figures show that Tasmanians are working fewer hours per week than their counterparts interstate, the opposition says.
Border tsar Tom Homan’s brutal five-word response to illegal Haitian migrant
US President Donald Trump's Border Tsar Tom Homan has hit back at an alleged criminal migrant’s expletive-laden refusal to be deported to Haiti. The migrant shouted, "I'm not going back to Haiti" ...
Hawks ‘Wizard’ pulls off epic hanger during match simulation
Livewire forward Nick Watson has left Hawthorn training on-lookers gobsmacked, pulling off a spectacular hanger during match simulation at Waverley Park.