NEWS

Discussion in the Senate over the government’s proposed voting reforms has run through the night and into Friday morning, with the Labor Party and independent senators filibustering the series of amendments.

SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. will end their practices of breeding killer whales for entertainment.

Kurdish groups in northern Syria announced plans for a federal state in the north of the war ravaged country.

Australian analysts have warned that a Trump presidency might spell doom for Australia-US relations. According to an analyst, Trump hardly reflects the values that made America great.

Kenneth Bae, Hyeon Soo Lim, Laura Ling and Euna Lee - these are some of the people who have been sentenced by the North Korean regime to years of hard labour.

“[The argument is] only raised by those who can't bear the thought that fewer guns might mean fewer deaths," Gun Policy's founding director Philip Alpers says following John Howard's recent defence of Australia's gun laws.

Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in a bombing and mass shooting attacks in 2011, is suing Norway for "‘inhuman and degrading treatment" while in prison.

The murder of two young women backpacking in Ecuador has sparked debate about women’s rights when travelling alone, but one Australian woman says safety trumps the ‘feminist agenda’.

In light of Trudeau’s recent Washington visit, Americans seem to be infatuated with Canada’s heartthrob Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau.

Recipe box delivery startup Marley Spoon has secured $22m in Series B funding, which is set to help drive a steady expansion across the east coast of Australia.

Humans of New York founder Brandon Stanton doesn't usually get political, but Donald Trump is proving to be an exception.

With the help of the cop series, a mother has identified what may be a secret paedophile symbol.

American astronaut Scott Kelly, along with his Russian cosmonaut companion Mikhail Kornienko, landed on Earth last week after spending 340 days in space, the longest US space mission on record.

A weaker Australian dollar has pushed Sydney (20th) and Melbourne (21st) out of the top 10 most expensive cities to live in rankings for 2016.

The US and Canada will work together to reduce methane emissions by 40-45 percent of 2012 levels.

Education Minister Simon Birmingham has flagged that the government is still committed to reconsidering the balance between what students and government pay for higher education.

Eighty four percent of fast food stores in Australia have been found to underpay workers, according to a new report.

The last surviving handwritten work by Shakespeare has been preserved and displayed at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington D.C.

The 15-year-old girl who was raped and burned near New Delhi, India, died from her injuries on Wednesday.

The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre is organising a nationwide protest in support of allowing asylum seekers to stay in Australia and away from offshore detention centres.

Tony Windsor is set to return to Australia’s political game of thrones as an Independent, after saying he was inspired by Australian of the Year David Morrison.

A Palestinian man killed an American tourist and injured at least nine others, including a pregnant woman and a Russian tourist, in Jaffa on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s satisfaction rating has fallen to its lowest in five months, although the public continues to pin their hopes on the businessman if they had to choose between him or Bill Shorten.

“As the race stands now, with Republicans in charge of both Houses, there is a good chance that my candidacy could lead to the election of Donald Trump or Senator Ted Cruz."

French President Francois Hollande is facing harsh criticism from French citizens after awarding the country’s top honour, the Legion of Honour, to Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef last Friday.

The last email sent by Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz reveals his fear of going blind.

"There is no scenario in which Mexico will pay for this wall that is being proposed by the United States presidential hopeful," said Mexican Treasury Secretary Luis Videgaray.

A spokeswoman said the government was “committed to a plebiscite as soon as possible after the election. The timing is dependent on the election timing.”

The government’s attack on Labor’s negative gearing proposal was an “extraordinary abuse of economic modelling,” say the Australia Institute.