11 women have been killed and many more injured following a stampede breaking out in a stadium in Afghanistan. 

The incident occured after thousands of people gathered to request VISAs to enter Pakistan, with applications having just been re-opened after a seven month pause due to coronavirus. 

Pakistan’s ambassador to Afghanistan, Mansoor Ahmad Khan says he is deeply saddened by the incident and that his country is working with Afghan authorities for a safer more effective facilitation of VISA applicants. 

The US Justice department is expected to file a landmark lawsuit against tech giant Google early next week. 

The case is predicted to allege that Google has been abusing its dominance in the market of online advertising and in doing so has stifled competition and harmed consumers. 

The information surrounding the proposed case has been provided by an industry insider to the Associated Press on the proviso of anonymity before an official announcement is made in the coming days.

Three people from regional Victoria will be fined by Northern Territory police after violating the rules of their quarantine travel plan in early October. 

Acting Commander of Northern Territory police Shaun Gill says an investigation revealed that although the three individuals were approved to be in the NT for work, they were clearly in violation of their COVID-19 travel management plan. 

Residents on Australia’s east coast are being warned to brace for a fast approaching thunderstorm season, with wild weather predicted to hit as soon as this Friday. 

The Australian Bureau of meteorology is warning of potential hail, flash flooding and damaging winds as well as significant rainfall over the next couple of days. 

An activist representing the extinction rebellion group has been charged with three offences after blocking traffic in a protest effort yesterday 

The woman was suspended from a bamboo harness for three hours until she was removed and taken to the Brisbane City watch house, where she was later released on bail, and is due to appear in court early next year. 

The woman, identified as Rilka, was protesting political inaction over climate change, her protest signage calling for net zero emissions by 2025.

Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington has announced the LNP’s plan to fight juvenile crime in Townsville and Cairns 

The plan would see an 8pm curfew introduced for children aged 14 years and under, and a 10pm curfew for 15 to 17 year olds, with parents to be fined $250 if their unaccompanied child is found out at night without reason. 

The proposal is an effort to show the LNP’s commitment to cracking down on youth crime in Northern Queensland, an election pitch that Australian Party MP Nick Dametto describes as setting up a dog pound for kids.

In the United States, Louisiana early voting numbers are record breaking for the November 3rd presidential and congressional election.

Over a quarter million votes were cast on Friday with twice as many voters during the first two days of early voting compared to the first two days of early voting in 2016.

Statewide, the early voting is up 58 per cent, John Couvillion from JMC Analytist says, the fact that Louisiana has more black and democratic voters in the first two days, ‘speaks volumes.’

Elon Musk’s SpaceX will launch a satellite into space to track rising sea level.

The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite lifts off on November 10 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

Its mission is to track the accelerating rise of sea levels which threaten the habitat of more than a third of the world's population.

The Northern Territory Supreme Court heard Michael Holden set 18 fires over 16 months between May 2018 and September 2019.

Michael Holden was a volunteer firefighter for five years with the Darwin River Volunteer Fire Brigade, he battled dozens of blazes to protect the community; however, the court heard some of the fires burned for several days.

Holden has pleaded guilty to setting these fires which threaten properties in the rural area burning the equivalent to 1700 soccer fields.