1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (1156+ words) Published Jul 17, 2026 8:32 am Bass-baritone Nicholas Brownlee portrays Wotan, second left, as he is surrounded by cast members portraying Wotan's Valkyrie daughters, in a production of Richard Wagner’s “Die Walkuere” at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich. (Monika Rittershaus/Bavarian State…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (447+ words) Published Jun 28, 2026 8:10 pm Communications Minister Anika Wells on Monday blamed the platforms’ resistance to the age restrictions for the need to toughen the laws that came into force on Dec. 10. “We can all agree we would like the scheme to…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (252+ words) Published Jun 7, 2026 1:24 pm Sergio Pérez finished strongly at the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday to cross the line in 10th but was bumped down to 15th after the race when he was ruled to have false-started when the race resumed after an…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (572+ words) Published Jun 5, 2026 4:22 am A court sketch depicts Zeinab Ahmad at Melbourne Magistrates Court in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, June 4, 2026. (Anita Lester/AAP Image via AP) Zeinab Ahmad, 31, continued an application for bail in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on two slavery charges....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (464+ words) Uncle Robbie Thorpe, 68, turned to the Supreme Court of Appeal in Victoria state after two lower courts rejected his bid to launch a private prosecution against the king in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court. Indigenous Australians use the titles uncle and…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (375+ words) Australia Syria IS Families A defense lawyer for Rayann El Houli said expert evidence would be produced in court that her views had changed. “She renounces ISIS and violent jihad,” Peter Morrissey said, using an acronym for the Islamic State…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (417+ words) Published Jun 1, 2026 4:23 am Barrister Peter Morrissey SC leaves the Melbourne Magistrates Court in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, June 1, 2026, where, according to allegations made in court, an Australia woman charged with joining the Islam State group. (James Ross/AAP Image via AP)…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (500+ words) Published May 28, 2026 4:26 am Rayann El Houli, 34, was arrested at her Melbourne home eight months after she returned to Australia via Lebanon with her children and another woman, police and her lawyer said. The arrest came two days after seven women…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (232+ words) MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Two planes carrying 19 Australian women and children linked to the Islamic State group in Syria landed in Melbourne and Sydney on Tuesday, despite Australia's government warning that the returnees could face charges. The government earlier confirmed seven…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (232+ words) The 39-year-old man was with three friends diving from a boat at Kennedy Shoal off the Queensland state coast south of Cairns when he was attacked, Police Inspector Elaine Burns said. “The man had been spearfishing when he was attacked…...