Israel has ordered the local offices of Qatar's Al Jazeera satellite news network to close, escalating a long-running feud between the broadcaster and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hard-line government as Doha-mediated ceasefire negotiations with Hamas hang in the balance.The extraordinary order on Sunday, which includes confiscating broadcast...

Millions of voters in England cast ballots on Thursday in an array of local elections, the last big test before a looming UK general election that all indicators suggest will see the Labour Party return to power after 14 years in the wilderness.Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was barely able to point to any big success for his Conservative Party, confirming...

The heartbroken partner of a woman killed in a three-vehicle crash in Brisbane has revealed he had plans to propose to her later this year.Emma McLean, a 23-year-old from South Australia, and Lily Galbraith, a 24-year-old from the Northern Territory, were driving on the Legacy Way Tunnel at Mount Coot-tha on Wednesday when they were hit from behind.Galbraith...

A patchwork of colourful and white coral lies not far below the surface off Hook Island in the Whitsundays.Marine scientist Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg emerged from the sea with a blunt assessment of what's occurring."They've been slowly bleaching, I think, over the last couple of weeks," he told 9News.READ MORE: Why police claim more than 1100 kids...

New data has shown a skyrocketing number of youth offenders breaching bail conditions in Queensland, proof, police claim, that tough laws are working.Acting assistant police commissioner Andrew Massingham today revealed 1144 young people were charged with 8464 breach of bail offences in the 12 months to May.On average, that is about seven breaches...

Perth's Muslim community has condemned an alleged knife attack by a teenager police described as "radicalised", which left one man hospitalised with serious injuries.A 16-year-old boy allegedly stabbed a man at the Bunnings carpark on High Road in Willetton about 10pm yesterday before he was shot dead by police.Nasir Mosque Imam Syed Wadood Janud condemned...