United Nations protests use of untested method in pending Alabama execution

The Australian Human Rights Commission has quote "gone AWOL" in acknowledging and speaking out against anti-semitism in Australia. 

Those are the words of Liberal MP Julian Leeser who today delivered a speech - on social cohesion - to the Cook Society in Melbourne.

He also said if the Human Rights Commission, an institution quote "charged with protecting Australians from racism and hate, is not fulfilling its mandate" then its funding should be in question. 

Contemporary circus is no longer about animals, strongmen and clowns. It's a new kind of tradition, one that comes with arguably more intellectualism. 

Around 9 million Australians have a Flybys card in their wallet, while Woolworth’s reward program boasts more than 14 million members.

A budget surplus in NSW will now be "a miracle".

That's according to the Treasurer Daniel Mookhey, with the state set to receive its lowest share of GST revenue since its introduction more than 20 years ago. New South Wales and Queensland are the only two states to lose money, while Victoria and Western Australia are the biggest winners.

Solomon Islands will go to an election next month, but there are growing concerns about the number of women on the ballot.  

This week has not brought good news for clean energy targets with the Green Energy Market reporting on Monday that New South Wales was less than halfway to its emission reduction goal for 2030.

More than 500 experts from around the world have called on French President Emmanuel Macron in an open letter, to “end the over-exploitation of frogs” used in French cuisine.

A comet the size of Mount Everest branded the "devil" comet is set to streak across our night skies in the coming weeks.

With the US Defence budget just one per cent higher than last year, defence spending has drastically slowed down.   

That means the US Navy is expected to order just one Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarine in the next fiscal year, instead of two.  

That's not good news for Australia which, under the AUKUS security deal, is expected to receive three second-hand Virginia-class submarines throughout the next decade. So will these boats arrive in time?

It sounds like something out of a nightmare - two hours into a flight over the Tasman Sea the plane you’re travelling in suddenly drops sharply out of the air.