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Oil traded near the lowest close in more than six years as speculation that OPEC will keep markets oversupplied outweighed a drop in US crude stockpiles.

For gun-rights advocates, a mass shooting at a school is perhaps the most difficult national tragedy to respond to.

Government representatives from South Korea and the US have expressed doubt about the North Korean leader's claim.

The Sydney-based tech darling's market value jumped by $2 billion overnight as investors piled into the stock.

Australians Cate Blanchett, George Miller and Ben Mendelsohn have been nominated for Golden Globes while Mad Max: Fury Road is also in the hunt for best dramatic picture.

Iron ore futures in China dropped to their weakest on record amid expectations declining steel appetite in the world's biggest consumer could shut more producers.

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan was cleared Thursday of running over and killing a homeless man with his car in a case that has captivated India for 13 years.

Microbes created in the laboratory that synchronise their metabolisms could lead to new biological and electronic devices.

With 1989, Swift created a work of epic pop, and the tour to go with it is glittering, sleek and accomplished.

​Having a mechanism to address the losses and damage caused by climate change included in the draft of a U.N. deal to tackle global warming is a victory for vulnerable island states, and they will fight to keep it in, said Tuvalu's prime minister.

Serial, the world's most popular podcast, has launched into its second season.

Taliban militants killed more than 50 people at an airport in Afghanistan's southern city of Kandahar late Tuesday and Wednesday during an audacious 20-hour assault, just as diplomatic efforts to revive peace talks between the Islamist insurgency and the Afghan government picked up momentum.

Is there enough green in your life? Is a lack of nature dragging you down? Research tells us such a lack in built environments undermines our very well-being.

Melbourne United visited Perth Wildcats in Perth on Thursday night and were soundly thumped.

San Bernardino killers were discussing an attack, jihad and martyrdom before they became engaged, FBI director says.

Shaun Marsh declined to predict whether his maiden home Test century would prompt selectors to look past him when deciding how to accommodate Usman Khawaja once he recovers from the hamstring injury that gave Marsh his latest chance at international level.

Traditionally, Australians are enamoured by teams of compatriots, and failing that, underdogs.

He was once a talented high jumper and rugby league player at his western Sydney primary school.

Geneva security officials have raised the alert level in the city and are looking for suspects in connection with investigations into the November 13 Paris attacks.

Police have arrested a man following the fatal stabbing of a man in Camperdown on Thursday night.

The player at the centre of Perth Glory's salary cap scandal of last season is set to return to the club as a guest player for the remainder of the A-League season.

The possible Australian founder of bitcoin's brushes with authorities go far beyond the Australian Tax Office.

Back broken and covered in aviation fuel, Michael Pook watched helplessly as an arcing electric fence threatened to ignite him.

A 31-year-old motorcyclist has died in hospital following a collision in Elsternwick on Wednesday.