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A “sharp increase” in the use of drone warfare in conflict-torn Sudan — where more than 1,000 civilians were killed in such strikes in the first five months of this year — has been condemned by the United Nations human rights chief. Drone warfare has become an increasingly prominent feature of Sudan’s conflict since it…

One winter night, Marg Quon wondered why her son had not come looking for his bedtime hot chocolate. “He would always make a cup … before he went to sleep and he would spill it all the way from the kitchen down to his bedroom,” Ms Quon recalled. But when Kris Quon’s mother checked on…

Two men have been convicted of a plot, orchestrated by a mysterious Russian-speaking figure, to set fire to property linked to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. A jury found Ukrainian national Roman Lavrynovych, 22, and Stanislav Carpiuc, a 27-year-old Romanian citizen, guilty of a conspiracy to damage property by fire at a hearing at the…

Australian Federal Police have begun inquiries into allegations that Israeli defence personnel sexually assaulted Australian activists who were detained after joining a humanitarian flotilla attempting to reach Gaza last month. A group of Australian activists met with Foreign Minister Penny Wong at Parliament House on Monday, in an “emotionally charged meeting” where the activists said…

Four people have been killed while the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery, a symbol of Ukrainian spiritual and cultural history, caught fire, in the heaviest Russian air attack on the Ukrainian capital in two weeks, authorities say. The fresh strikes came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he had spoken to US President Donald Trump and…

The trial of a private schoolboy who allegedly planned to carry out an attack on the Liberal Party has begun in Brisbane. The Crown alleges the defendant, who was 15 at the time, planned to use a bomb to target a public event. He has pleaded not guilty to one count of acts done in…

Now that all 14 rounds of the regular season have been played, we are on the countdown to finals. On Saturday, the Adelaide Thunderbirds made it eight victories in a row with an 18-goal statement against the Sunshine Coast Lightning, 67-49. The minor premiers are the most in-form team in the top four and remain…

Queensland woman Jessica Beckett told a WA court she was paid $20,000 to sail a yacht to Indonesia but did not know it was part of a plan to smuggle a fugitive bikie out of the country. Carnarvon Magistrate Robert Young has denied the 45-year-old woman bail after she was charged with attempted people smuggling…

The atmosphere can feel quite frosty around the corridors of Victorian Parliament but today it was literally an ice bath. The second annual Parliamentary Big Freeze saw government ministers, opposition frontbenchers and even the opposition leader take the plunge to raise money for the late Neale Daniher’s FightMND charity. FightMND chief executive Matt Tilley revealed…

Cricket Victoria’s (CV) bold BBL privatisation plan is one step closer to becoming reality after rival states reached an in-principle agreement about the sport’s most divisive issue. Cricket Australia (CA) chair Mike Baird and counterparts from the six state bodies met today and signed off on a “self-determination model”, which would allow stakes in BBL…