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Oil jumped more than 2 per cent after Saudi Arabia and Russia said that supply cuts need to last into 2018.

Trump's aides may be telling him what he wants to hear - whether it's accurate or not.

The US believes Syria has built a crematorium at a large military prison outside the capital Damascus to dispose of bodies.

Barron and his mother, Melania Trump, have been living in New York so Barron could finish the school year.

A cross-party working group of NSW MPs is releasing draft right to die legislation for public consultation.

The WannaCrypt "ransomware" cyber attack spread more slowly on Monday.

Macron appointed a conservative prime minister on Monday in a move to broaden his political appeal.

Education minister Simon Birmingham has been confronted by student protesters after the government proposed to cut funding to universities while raising student fees.

Criminal justice reforms in NSW will give judges more options for punishing nonviolent, low-risk criminals who do not need to be imprisoned.

A man has been charged with murder after his mother was found dead at Sylvania in Sydney's south on Monday.

An ugly stoush which started with dirty dishes in a sharehouse has wound up at VCAT.

The Australian Chamber Orchestra's concert featuring its own soloists moved stylishly across almost four centuries.

Fund to bring in nearly a billion but government spends only a fraction of it.

Missing out on Australia's natural gas export boom may be the best thing that happened to Arrow Energy.

The ATO has released new transfer pricing guidance as it chases hundreds of millions of dollars in tax bills from companies using dubious tax schemes.

It's looking nearly certain that one-time tech darling 1-Page has gone the way of so many CVs in recent times – in the bin.

Global leadership, quite suddenly, is up for grabs.

Unions for police and paramedics call for laws under which PTSD would automatically be seen as an occupational illness.

A man who shot his friend's partner in the head five times before dumping her body down a mineshaft in regional Victoria and setting her on fire has been found guilty of murder.

The federal Parliament should assume that there is more corruption yet to be exposed, a governance and public policy expert says.

The mercury's starting to drop, so work some wonderful warming fare in to your week.

London: The jury has been sworn in for the trial of Australian entertainer Rolf Harris who is accused of four counts of indecent assault against three women, two of whom were teenagers.

So, I deleted all the social media apps from my phone. I think my life is better without them. Before you protest, "But JB, I just saw that photograph of a black cat dressed as Darth Vader that you shared," I didn't delete my accounts. Just the apps on my phone and, for good measure, my iPad. Having done so, I feel a lot less stressed and I'd like to talk to you about why.

Marcus Volke was working as an escort in Melbourne's club scene to pay off his credit card when he met and struck a deal with Indonesian woman Mayang Prasetyo, who desperately wanted to stay in Australia.