Over 31,000 Australians trapped in crisis cycle between homelessness, mental health facilities and prisons, Homelessness Australia report finds. Persistent homelessness up 30.6% since 2019. Calls for 20,000 new supported housing places.

Australia deploys Chinook helicopter with 11,300-liter water tank and 24 NSW firefighters to France to combat wildfires Macron called worst since WWII

Australia will deploy a Chinook helicopter with an 11,300-liter water tank, a Bell 412 reconnaissance helicopter, and 24 aerial and ground crew from NSW to France within days, ministers announced Friday. The assistance was requested by France amid wildfires that President Emmanuel Macron described as the worst since World War II.

Study finds mining threatens over 12,000 species worldwide, including nearly 6,000 already classified as threatened; researchers warn planned projects could expose 3,000 more.

Scientists from Australia and Britain have found that mining threatens more than 12,000 species worldwide, including nearly 6,000 already classified as threatened, with 28 percent of threatened species' ranges overlapping mining areas. The study, published in Cell Reports Sustainability and led by Australia's Charles Sturt University, warns that planned future mining projects could expose more than 3,000 additional threatened species to mining-related risks.

Amnesty International says India sent 2,596 arms shipments to Israel during what it calls the 'genocide in Gaza,' according to a new report on arms transfers.

Amnesty International says India sent 2,596 arms shipments to Israel during the Gaza war, according to a new report.

Nine dead after a multi-storey residential building collapsed late Thursday night in Bhiwandi, Maharashtra, near Mumbai, a local official confirmed Friday as rescue teams worked through the night searching rubble for those still trapped.

At least nine people died and many remain trapped after a multi-storey residential building collapsed late Thursday night in Bhiwandi, in India's Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, a local official confirmed on Friday.