Cumberland City Council had planned to "rid" libraries of books featuring same-sex parenting after a councillor claimed they did not match the community's "conservative values".

The French territory of New Caledonia has been rocked by protests and violent riots following controversial changes to voting rules which Indigenous leaders say reduces their power.

The economic contributions of mining and gas producers are being weighed up as analysis reveals subsidies for the fossil fuel industry rose to $14.5 billion this financial year. The 31 per cent annual increase has led some critics to question whether that money could be better targeted.

A Labor senator breaks ranks to accuse Israel of genocide; Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico in a life threatening condition after being shot; And in sport, two NRL fans get lifetime bans for alleged racial abuse towards Indigenous players.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has suffered life-threatening injuries when he was shot and wounded in an attempted assassination that stunned his country and drew a chorus of international condemnation.

The Sydney youth who was captured in Kurdish-controlled Syria five years ago now fears he’ll die in prison from untreated tuberculosis.