Politics

Two lucky Aussies have had their lives turned upside down after scoring a life-changing windfall in Wednesday night’s Millionaire Medley.

A snap French election seems less likely after caretaker leader Sebastien Lecornu suggested he's closer to a deal that would end the country's political crisis.

The biggest threat the nation’s telecommunications companies are grappling with ahead of summer’s disaster season is power outages bringing down the entire phone and internet system, emergency calls and all.

EDITORIAL: Can we be certain these women and their children aren’t still loyal to a doctrine which is anathema to our way of life? These are the questions that Government has so far failed to answer. 

Two Australian women who ran off to join the Islamic State quietly slipped back into the country with their children in September — and the Government has admitted knowing of the plans for months. 

For setting interest rates and help oversee the financial system, Ms Michele Bullock became one of the best-paid public servants in the country.

AARON PATRICK: Pro-Palestinian organisers promise a well-behaved march to the national icon to commemorate two years of war in Gaza. A top police officer said the danger was not worth taking.

The second day of indirect negotiations at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh focused on the plan proposed by US President Donald Trump last week that aims to bring about an end to the war.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard will be formally listed as a terror organisation, after the group allegedly organised attacks on Jewish sites in Australia.

Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa has survived an alleged assassination attempt after his vehicle was surrounded by around 500 people.

Donald Trump’s domestic use of the National Guard marks a major shift from its traditional humanitarian role, as thousands of troops are deployed in Democratic-led cities.

The Communications Department says it was not made aware of last month’s deadly Triple-0 outage for more than a day because Optus sent a crucial email to the wrong address. 

Vladimir Putin says Russia's armed forces have the strategic initiative in Ukraine and have captured almost 5000 square kilometres of land this year.

‘Why is the government unable to confirm how many women fled Syria and returned here?’