Two British-Australian women and another man, also believed to be Australian, have been detained in Iran.

The arrests come amid increasing tensions between Australia and Iran, after the Australia prime minister, Scott Morrison, said Australia would join a US-led mission in the Strait of Hormuz.

Australia’s foreign affairs department recommends that citizens reconsider their need to travel to Iran citing a “risk of arbitrary detention or arrest”.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced he will annex large swathes of Palestinian territory in the occupied Jordan Valley if he is re-elected next week.

Mr Netanyahu has announced he will also seek to annex all Jewish settlements in the West Bank, but that this would have to wait until the publication of US President Donald Trump's long-awaited plan for a peace agreement between Israelis and Palestinians

Palestinian diplomat Saeb Erekat said such that the proposed annexation would “bury any chance of peace”.

The Northern Territory government has broken new technological ground incorporated augmented reality into The Darwin Street Art Festival.

By downloading a free festival app, people can convert three of the festival’s murals into three-dimension animation 

The creative experience has successfully impressed tourists to stop and take pictures.

A rally has gathered outside the Victoria Parliament to pledge the State government to abandon the plan of removing ancient trees for Western Highway Upgrade.

Former state Greens MP and the indigenous group identified the destruction of the trees as a "genocide of people and land" due to the 800-year history of trees.

Meanwhile, Transport Infrastructure Minister Jacinta Allan says the upgrade is crucial for reducing traffic accidents but she will still take their voices into account.

A sports centre has been officially opened at Cavendish Road State High School.

The $7.1 million dollar Alan Sampson Sports Centre, named after a former principal, includes two multi-purpose sports courts, laboratories, offices, storage rooms, and a kiosk, as well as many other facilities. 

Member for Greenslopes Joe Kelly, hopes these facilities will help maintain the school’s reputation as one of the most competitive sports schools in Brisbane.

University of Queensland Professor Ian Frazer has been nominated for the “Outstanding Contribution to Cancer Control Award”.

Professor Frazer’s work with Professor Jian Zhou created the technology behind the human papillomavirus vaccine, a critical step in the ongoing battle to eradicate cervical cancer.

He has been nominated alongside the Presidents of Zambia and Uruguay, who have also distinguished themselves “through true excellence in this field”, says Princess of Jordan Dina Mired.

After six years, Australia's asylum seeker processing on Manus Island is coming to an end after a new PNG Government commitment.

Only 350 out of the 1,300 men who were originally sent to the Papua New Guinean province, remain in the country - The vast majority of whom now reside in the capital, Port Moresby. 

Many in the PNG Government agree it is a "positive and significant step" that will help that will allow them to move on with their lives.

Donald Trump announced on Twitter he asked his national security adviser John Bolton to resign because they “strongly disagreed with many of the suggestions”.

However, Mr Bolton has offered a different version of the events writing on Twitter, with President Trump replying, 'Let's talk about it tomorrow'.

Mr Bolton is known to have pressed the President for a harder line on issues such as North Korea, and advocated a tougher approach on Russia and Afghanistan.