Former Labor politician Mick Veitch has been appointed the new lead of AgriFutures Australia following a competitive, open selection process by the Federal Government.

The Chinese military says it's dispatching army, navy, and air and rocket forces to conduct drills around Taiwan, further fuelling cross-strait tensions.

At least the Islanders went down swinging.

West Aussies have been warned to brace for a major storm as a tropical cyclone is expected to hit the coast on New Year’s Eve.

A quick-thinking Tennessee Highway Patrol cop saved a woman from jumping off a bridge the day after Christmas in dramatic bodycam clip.

A man accused of murdering a woman and her partner did not apply for bail with police investigating relationships between him and his alleged victims.

‘Police hold grave concerns for her welfare’.

Police are expanding aerial searches near where the abandoned car of a woman missing in the outback was found.

The sculpture by Belarusian artist Henrik Lojka is drawing crowds in Brooklyn.

The 12-year-old boy and two other surviving passengers were hospitalised.