Australia

STAR Melbourne Rebels flanker Amanaki Mafi has finished his career at the club in disgrace after being arrested in New Zealand following a fight with teammate Lopeti Timani....

New pictures have emerged of the Wild Boars soccer team, who are getting healthier every day and could be discharged this week....

THE shotgun blast believed to have killed a young scientist at a Queensland crayfish farm was heard by a neighbour 1km away — but not by a nearby co-worker who found his body, according to witness reports....

It was a truly bitterwsweet moment for the West Coast Eagles...none more so than coach Adam Simpson...

CONSISTENCY was what Melbourne Vixens were desperately searching for over the first half of the season....

Melbourne midfielder steps up to fill leadership void after co-captain sidelined by injury....

A CHILD sex abuse survivor who ballooned to 177kg after years of "self-destruction" and comfort eating has shed 109kg and turned her life around — becoming an author and motivational speaker....

NSW MP Daryl Maguire is facing calls to quit Parliament altogether after admitting before a corruption inquiry that he sought payment over a property deal....

It's time to appreciate the smaller things in life — guinea pigs....

A provisional driver has been caught driving on drugs three times in six days in regional Victoria....

A 49-year-old man is fighting for life after being assaulted outside a nightclub in Launceston....

Five teenagers have been arrested after they were caught changing the tyre of a car they had allegedly stolen in Melbourne....

A man has been charged after allegedly kicking a police officer in the face, biting two other officers and punching a constable in Sydney's east....

Baltimore's Lexington Market reopened on Saturday, July 14, after a video of a rat scurrying over cakes and cookies at Buttercup Bakery went viral, prompting a temporary closure. Milton Mitchell, who works at the nearby Celebrity Cuts Barber Shop, tol...

In a game of many momentum swings, the pendulum was on the red-and-white side when the siren sounded....

Amanaki Mafi is in police custody in New Zealand, following Melbourne's loss to the Highlanders, Rugby Australia has confirmed....

Loose forward Mafi will appear in Dunedin District Court on Monday charged with 'injuring with intent to injure' in an incident in South Dunedin....

The Turnbull government claims the new system will improve transparency in the sector....

Earnings reports from four of the United States' biggest banks showed scant evidence of a revival in lending....

Port Adelaide star Robbie Gray had to be taken from the ground on a stretcher after being knocked out in an ugly tackle by Fremantle defender Ryan Nyhuis....

Hollywood is notorious for tearing apart even the most loved up couples - here are some secrets to marriage from the celebs who made it through!...

Ever wondered what it's like to ride in the Tour De France? Here's what a rider sees when he's screaming along with the peloton....

With Fremantle in the middle of a rebuild, retired North Melbourne champion Brent Harvey says serious moves need to be made....

FRESHLY relocated jockey Dale Smith and wily trainer Les Ross have struck up a mutual admiration society after a weekend in which the pair netted their first metropolitan winner together....

Joining forces for the first time since 2013, the veteran premiership winners proved they are no nostalgia act....

IT'S Skye Leckie as you've never seen her: dishevelled, sobbing and desperate, begging in a Sydney railway station....

An elderly patient who was in an ambulance that rolled after colliding with a car on Thursday morning has died in hospital today....

Two vigils for Sydney woman Justine Ruszczyk have been held simultaneously in Minneapolis and on Freshwater Beach on the anniversary of her death. The family of Ms Ruszczyk held the vigils, marking a year since she was shot dead by a police officer in the...

THOUSANDS of people headed out to the famous Camel Cup in Alice Springs on Saturday....

KANSAS City's formline has leading Herald Sun form analysis Michael Manley upbeat the Darren Weir-trained three-year-old filly can breakthrough for her first win....

What's the most terrifyingly safe entertainment around? Roller coasters, of course....

Business power buyers in Queensland are paying a high price for the lack of competition in generation in the state, according to ERM Power chief executive Jon Stretch....

In the north of the state, a tapestry of different cultures collide among the employees tending to the delicate process of raising oysters....

After more than a month of football, today's the day - France take on Croatia to see who will be crowned world champions....

Margaret Thatcher is the inspiration for Donald Trump's policies in the White House, the US president's former chief strategist Steve Bannon has said....

There was a time when the "sling", or present gauged by the financial result to connections, was the major source of jockey's income....

Melbourne Vixens claimed all eight points with a dominant home win over Adelaide Thunderbirds at Hisense Arena....

Australian sheep farmers are confident restricted supply will underpin high wool prices for years to come....

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump may not issue a joint statement following their summit as a conflict over Russian interference in the US election complicates talks....

An angry crowd shouts and throws bottles at Chicago police after an officer fatally shot a man on the city's south side, prompting the arrest of at least four protesters....

Growth of unpaid debt has slowed, rate of debt finalisation has lifted says Treasurer....

TITANS v ROOSTERS: Teams have been named for the round 18 clash between the Gold Coast and Sydney....

MEGHAN Markle is masking the stresses of life in the "outdated" royal family as she struggles to cope with her new role, her worried father says....

A waterspout was seen close to a ship in the Gulf of Mexico on July 14, according to footage posted to YouTube. Trent Watson told Storyful that he captured the footage as he was headed towards the drill ship with supplies, in an area just east of the mout...

See the moment a motorcyclist narrowly escapes being cleaned up, not once but twice....

A POSTIE in a rush to spend a penny was caught red handed going for a pee in a couple's front yard, a frustrated customer has alleged....

POLITICAL prankster Sacha Baron Cohen has piled on the comic pummelling his British countrymen gave Donald Trump over the weekend — exposing some of the Republican party's biggest names in his new TV series, which launched today....

MICK Price's four Group 1 winners from this season have all returned to his stables after the return of Hiyaam on Monday....

A tweet from the Hurricanes' official Twitter account somehow became bigger news than its subject: a shoulder to the head of Wes Goosen....