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Rebel forces have taken control over one of Syria’s largest cities in a major development in the Syrian civil war. What is happening in Syria?

Hearings in a case initiated by a group of law students from the Pacific Islands will begin in the Netherlands this week.

The Federal Government says Australia is on track to meet its greenhouse gas emissions reduction target.

Co-founder of endometriosis advocacy group EndoActive Syl Freedman said Visanne’s PBS listing is “wonderful news for endo patients.”

In a statement, Biden said his son was “selectively and unfairly prosecuted”.

The NDIS said these services “do not meet the evidentiary standards” required to qualify as therapy.

On Thursday, Dandaragan Shire President Tony O’Gorman said the bushfire has spread about 48 kilometres since the start of the week.

On Wednesday morning, One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson attempted to table documents in the Senate relating to Independent Senator Fatima Payman.

The Victorian Government has introduced a new bill to Parliament that would impose spending limits on pokies.

The Government has responded to a major inquiry into missing and murdered First Nations women, supporting six out of 10 recommendations.

The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has released a framework aimed at ending racism.

Local authorities in Florida said they had received a bomb threat for the home of a family member of Congressman Matt Gaetz, who Trump had named as his choice for Attorney-General.

The bill follows a Government review earlier this year, which recommended making the code compulsory for all supermarkets and introducing tougher penalties for failing to observe the rules.

Prosecutor Karim Khan alleges President Min Aung Hlaing is criminally responsible for violent attacks against the Rohingya ethnic minority in 2017.

It comes after the President-elect’s sentencing for a New York criminal case was delayed indefinitely.

The annual inflation figure is the same as the last month, which was the lowest inflation rate since July 2021.

Staff at a home in regional NSW called Triple Zero in May 2023, after finding elderly resident Clare Nowland outside of her room in the middle of the night, holding a steak knife.

Indexation is an annual increase applied to student debt to reflect inflation (rising prices). New legislation means indexation cannot exceed the lower rate of either inflation or wage growth figures.

Eight men, suspected to be involved with the methanol-related deaths, have been arrested by local police in Laos.

Israel and Hezbollah have negotiated a ceasefire deal after 13 months of fighting, which will be overseen by the US and France.

Early childcare educators will receive a pay rise of 10% by the end of the year in the first of two phases eligible to some centres.

The Government’s Help to Buy scheme has passed Parliament after the Greens agreed to support the bill, ending a long standoff.

Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles’ chief of staff is suing him and the Federal Government over bullying claims.

Five Australian men serving life sentences in Indonesia could return to Australia, according to international news reports.