Teen’s firecracker stunt sparks bushfire emergency
A bushfire sparked by a firecracker tossed into bushland has threatened lives and homes and landed a teenager in police custody.
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Turkey foils Xmas, NYE terror attack plots
More than 100 suspected members of Islamic State have been detained in Instanbul over alleged plots to attack Christmas and New Year celebrations.
Man killed in outback Boxing Day stabbing
One man is dead and a second is in police custody after a Boxing Day stabbing at a remote Aboriginal community in Central Australia.
Russell Brand faces new charges of rape and assault
British authorities have brought new charges of rape and sexual assault against comedian Russell Brand.
Accused wife killer walks from court after winning bail
A man has successfully applied for bail after he was charged with the murder of his wife, who was killed more than 30 years ago.
Santa Paws is Coming to Town!
Forget the partridge in a pear tree: we want 12 months of Queensland’s finest four-legged recruits! The 2026 QPS Dog Squad Calendars are officially here, and they are moving faster than a Greyhound after a tennis ball.
Man under police guard after minivan crash kills four
Multiple teenagers are being treated for critical injuries after a minivan crashed into a tree in country Victoria, killing four adults and injuring others.
Childcare worker used kids to make sex abuse material
A failed police officer who was moonlighting as a childcare worker has admitted taking explicit images of children as young as four while in his care.
Call to end police OC spray use after landmark finding
An activist's six-year battle against a state over its use of capsicum spray at protests has culminated in a landmark finding that police committed battery.
US actor-director and wife fatally stabbed in LA home
Investigators believe US director-actor Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were stabbed to death in their home, but are yet to detain anyone over the killings.
Reiner’s son ‘responsible’ for parents’ deaths: police
Rob Reiner's son Nick has been charged over the deaths of the Hollywood filmmaker and his wife Michele Singer Reiner.
Police privacy breach puts DV survivors’ lives at risk
Police failed to protect survivors of domestic and family violence after inadequate safeguards resulted in a serious privacy breach, putting lives at risk.
French men charged over theft of items worth millions
Police allege four men specifically travelled to Australia to steal items worth tens of millions of dollars from a home.
Israeli police raid UN refugee agency compound
The United Nations Palestinian refugee agency is angry that Israeli police have raided its headquarters in East Jerusalem.
Crackdown looms on e-bikes, scooters after more deaths
As sales surge before Christmas, states are debating how to regulate the sale and specifications of e-bikes and scooters after a series of fatal incidents.
Woman charged with murder after fatal shooting
Two people have been charged over a fatal shooting south of a major capital, prompting calls for greater police resourcing.
More victims identified in childcare sexual abuse probe
Accused former childcare sexual abuser Joshua Brown is facing dozens of additional charges after authorities identified a further four alleged victims.
Night in custody for NRL legend over bizarre street act
Australian rugby league and union international Wendell Sailor has been warned he might not be released again after breaching bail during a late-night incident.
Australian Federal Police to lead global summit
Australia will chair the 2026 UNCOPS summit, the global gathering of police under the United Nations umbrella.
Hong Kong leader orders probe into deadly inferno
Authorities have set up an independent inquiry to investigate a horrific fire in Hong Kong that burned seven apartment buildings and killed at least 156 people.
Cop searched for DV bashing victim from patrol car
Nearly an hour after an emergency call was made, an officer searching for a woman being bashed never left his car and checked the address where her body laid.
Teacher accused of stabbing school principal ‘snapped’
A teacher who allegedly stabbed his school principal after his contract was not renewed has been refused bail due to his "extreme" risk to the community.
HK fire toll rises to 159 as authorities arrest six
Hong Kong police have completed a search for bodies inside all seven of the eight high-rise residential towers as the death toll from a fire rises to 159.
Mystery deepens after no trace found of missing boy
A new search has failed to find a missing boy on his family's remote outback farmhouse, almost two months after the four-year-old disappeared.
Cop guilty verdict hailed as win for Indigenous rights
A sergeant has become the first serving police officer to be found criminally responsible for the death of an Aboriginal person in a police operation in NSW.
Two stabbed as wild brawl erupts in shopping mall
A teenager is in a critical condition after being stabbed during a brawl in a shopping centre during Black Friday sales.
‘Deplorable’: cops smash alleged satanic pedophile ring
Police have arrested four men who were allegedly part of an international satanic child sex abuse material ring operating out of suburban homes.
Arrests top 150 as three-day climate action makes waves
A long weekend climate "protestival" has disrupted coal shipping and landed scores of activists under arrest but smaller protests continue.
HK arrests more suspects in fire probe as deaths rise
The netting on apartment buildings that caught fire in a horrific inferno in Hong Kong wasn't up to code, authorities say, as the death toll rises to 151.
League great blames injuries for failure to comply
NRL and Queensland great Trevor Gillmeister has avoided a conviction after a sporting injury allegedly impeded him when told to "get on the ground" by police.
Neo-Nazi taken into detention and awaiting deportation
A South African man who attended a neo-Nazi rally in Australia is being compared to a guest who turns up just to wreck the place, with his visa torn up.