A new Royal Flying Doctor Service training simulator will be unveiled in Brisbane today to assist paramedics in developing muscle memory for treating patients in the field.

Trainers will now be able to simulate specific regional locations so doctors and nurses can treat patients confidently without having been there before.

Community donations made the life saving technology possible by bridging the 13 million dollar funding gap.

Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro warns his country faces civil war if the EU proceeds with its plans to recognise opposition leader Juan Guaido as the rightful leader of Venezuela.

The United States already recognises Mr Guaido as president and president Donald Trump says he will consider sending military assistance if Mr Maduro does not adhere to the EU’s eight day deadline to call an election.

India has lodged a protest with the United States government after several Indian students were detained there in connection with their enrolment in a fake university, following an undercover operation.

Indian news reports say as many as 129 Indians were among those detained on January 30 by US immigration, promoting a rare “démarche” to the United States Embassy in New Delhi, telling it that Indian officials needed immediate consular access to the detainees.

A Sydney man is facing charges of crimes against humanity after the Croatian government found evidence linking him to the massacre of 43 people during the Balkans conflict in 1991, where local fighters and civilians had their throats slit en masse.

The Special War Crimes Investigations Unit in Croatia say 59 year old Zoran Tadic was the leader of a Serbian paramilitary unit at the time of the massacre.

If Australia honours Croatia’s extradition request Mr Tadic will be the first Australian citizen to be extradited over war crime allegations.

The floodgates to Townsville’s Ross River dam opened overnight causing floodwaters to rise rapidly and inundate several hundred homes.

Two policemen were trapped assisting others to evacuate as the dam released 200 cubic meters of water per second, with waters expected to peak at 11am this morning.

Over 1000 residents are currently residing in emergency shelters as rain continues to fall today.

Brisbane will receive a new $12 million dollar studio fit for small film and television productions as Queensland premier Anastacia Palaszcuk attempts to position the state as a “film-friendly” location.

Ms Palaszcuk made the announcement in Hollywood after meeting with executives from Netflix, Technicolour, Disney and Brisbane-based production house Hoodlum.

A man has been charged with threatening a woman with a knife at Brisbane Airport on Saturday night, causing the international terminal to be shut down.

The 50-year-old Surfers Paradise man has been charged with one count each of violating a domestic violence order, stalking with a weapon, stealing and serious police assault.

Police at the scene fired non-lethal shots at the man at around 9pm, at which point he surrendered to the police.

The man will appear in Brisbane magistrates court today.

An endangered Queensland bird is at risk of extinction because environmental legislation is failing to protect its habitat, according to a University of Queensland-led study.

Researchers found that despite the protection laws, extensive finch habitat loss has continued to be approved resulting in an 80% reduction in the distribution of the southern black-throated finch’s population.

A university student has narrowly escaped serious injury after being hit in the head by a collapsing roof whilst at the gym in far north Queensland.

The alarming incident comes as Townsville has been declared a disaster zone as huge rains have caused major flooding.

The rains where heavy enough to cause a landslide in the CBD yesterday, leaving weirs and dams overflowing.