The three-year long war between the Yemen government and the Houthi rebels may be turning a corner, as the United Nation facilitates the first face to face meeting between the two sides in Sweden.

An agreement has been struck to allow 6,000 prisoners, including several high ranking commanders, to be exchanged over the coming months.

The talks are one of many confidence-building measures aimed at ending the fighting that has killed more than 56,000 people.

Progression on international women’s rights continues to stall, according to a new study by the Social Institutions and Gender Index.

Despite new laws prohibiting under age marriage in many countries, the study finds one in six girls continue to be married before the age of 18.

Global advisors warn progression has been so slow over the past ten years it could take over a century before child marriage is eradicated.

Australians with severe eating disorders can soon access a medicare subsidy for psychological and nutritional care for the first time.

Health Minister, Greg Hunt, says the 110.7 million dollar project will help up to 30,000 people annually and assures the public the program will remain regardless of which party is in government.

National Rugby League player Jarryd Hayne intends to plead not guilty to alleged sexual assault claims from November.

Hayne was charged with aggravated sexual assault and inflicting actual bodily harm after he handed himself in to Ryde police station last month.

Hayne faced Burwood Local Court this morning for his first appearance since being charged.

Brisbane’s diocese is making unparalleled strides in gender equality, with 8 more women being ordained than men in the past decade.

Sydney’s diocese still does not permit women to be ordained, with Archbishop of Brisbane Phillip Aspinall saying his Sydney colleagues have a more conservative interpretation of the bible.

One of the newest entrants to their ranks is the Reverend Rosemary Gardiner, 30, anointed last weekend before a packed congregation in St John's Cathedral on Ann Street.

After decades of failed attempts to rejuvenate the dying Ipswich CBD, Ipswich City Council plans to turn their inner-city into a centre for aged care and health facilities.

The plan will see the council chambers and library sold to the Health Department in order to expand the hospital and the Metro Hotel turned into a 99-bed aged care facility.

Anti-racism protesters in the United Kingdom claim they had more than triple the support of their pro-Brexit counterparts during marches on the weekend.

The two protests met at Trafalgar Square and began to verbally taunt each other, prompting police action to control the crowds.

The national coordinator for the anti-racism movement, Laura Parker, says it’s important for Britain to make clear they will not tolerate fascism.

Beaches and landfills in Vietnam are being overrun by tetra paks as the country’s recycling infrastructure fails to keep up with demand.

Over 8 billion tetra paks were sold in Vietnam this year as the dairy industry shifts its focus from West to East, doubling the region’s milk consumption over the past ten years.

Tetra pak recycling companies have slowed production as the process of recycling the paks is not cost effective and impossible to profit from.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development says Australia's financial stewards and bank regulators should be prepared for a soft fall in the housing market as house prices have fallen gradually since late 2017.

In its latest assessment of Australia, the OECD found the housing market poses a risk to the nation's economic growth going forward.