National News

A Sydney man accused of killing a woman before unleashing "terrifying carnage" in a stabbing rampage in Sydney's CBD was allegedly carrying material about mass casualty terrorist events.

The tragedy began with young couple Lucas Fowler and Chynna Deese shot dead on a lonely Canadian highway.

Adult supervision is being questioned after a nine-year-old twin drowned in Townsville's Ross River.

Young Australians won't let Scott Morrison forget the importance of recycling plastic.

The man suspected of shooting at people inside a Norwegian mosque, and of killing his stepsister, has appeared in court with black eyes and wounds on his face and neck.

Greece's culture ministry says two intact chamber tombs dating from 1400 BC to 1200 BC have been unearthed near the southern town of Nemea.

Serena Williams' first US Open tune-up ended in dramatic fashion as the American retired with injury while trailing Canadian teenager Bianca Andreescu 3-1 in the Rogers Cup final on Sunday.

Some of Australia's biggest companies have banded together to spend more than $3 billion in the next five years assisting indigenous businesses.

Two teens are dead and a third is fighting for life after a crash involving a suspected stolen car in Melbourne.

Two men have been charged with stabbing a taxi driver in Brisbane's south.