Prime Minister Scott Morrison has defended his focus on asylum seekers who arrive by boat

On Monday night, Morrison stated people don’t die on planes, they die on boats, after being pressed on how allowing a handful of people into the country would undermine border protection, when allowing thousands to enter by plane would not.

For the past several weeks, the prime minister has accused Labor of weakening border security by making it easier for asylum seekers on Manus Island and Nauru to seek medical treatment in Australia.

Japan is battling its worse measles outbreak in a decade, amid World Health Organisation warnings that global efforts to halt the spread of the disease were failing, in part due to vaccine-skepticism.

More than 170 new cases have been recorded in Japan since the start of the year, according to the public broadcaster NHK, affecting people in 20 of the country’s 47 prefectures.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has publicly denounced Venezuela’s ousted President Nicholas Maduro after images surfaced yesterday showing government troops burning trucks filled with humanitarian aid.

The trucks were set alite during clashes between civilian protesters and troops still loyal to Maduro which have so far claimed the lives of at least two people.

British Prime Minister Theresa May is facing pressures to step down as Prime Minister after delaying a parliamentary Brexit vote.

The PM sparked backlash after postponing the vote on her Brexit deal until March 12, days before Britain exits the EU. Cabinet ministers expected the PM to stand down after local elections in May, and Brexitors hope to see a new future successor.

May says Britain should be able to leave the EU with a deal by March 29.

A 25-year-old, armed, a Bangladeshi man responsible for attempting to hijack a plane has been shot by special forces in Chittagong.

The plane was safely landed and the 148 passengers of flight BG147 were rescued unharmed.

In order to conduct a safe emergency landing, Air Vice Marshall Mofid says he managed to keep the accused busy while talking to him on the phone while special forces prepared a raid.

Doctors and nurses are supplying mums-to-be with ‘do-it-yourself’ birthing kits as maternity services in regional Queensland dwindle.

The DIY birthing kits were introduced by the Palaszczuk Labor Government and have now sparked a push for more maternity services and a boost for midwives.

LNP Leader Deb Frecklington says the situation is disgraceful and Queensland deserves a world-class system, not a band-aid DIY solution.

In a report released this morning by Oxfam titled Made in Poverty, some of Australia’s top clothing brands have been outed as contributing to systematic exploitation, as well as not paying employees a living wage and sustaining unsafe and horrid conditions.

Researchers interviewed more than 130 factory owners, managers and others in powerful positions, as well as over 450 women working in factories that supply clothing to Australian brands such as Kmart, Target, Big W, Cotton On and more.

The rollout of the National Broadband Network is a step closer to completion with nearly 3 in 4 Australian homes and businesses now able to connect.

More than 8 million homes and businesses are now able to order a service from their preferred retailer, with a further 628,000 set to be able to connect by the end of June.

Katherine Dyer from NBN Co says they're on-track to complete the rollout by 2020.