Democratic Republic of Congo opposition leader Martin Fayulu is calling on his followers to begin a campaign of civil disobedience, after leaked data shows Mr Fayulu won the democratic vote by 60%.

Mr Fayulu says he is the sole legitimate president elect of the DRC and the country’s high court decision not to appeal the official election results is the product of a secret deal with the outgoing president.

Tens of thousands of protesters in Greece have violently clashed with police in a rally against North Macedonian independence on Sunday.

Demonstrators threw rocks, flares, paint and firebombs at police who retaliated  with large clouds of teargas.

The right wing protesters say allowing Macedonian independence opens the gate for further territorial claims, particularly for the Northern province of the same name.

An interstate psychiatrist has been brought in to conduct an external review of the medical discharge of four mental health patients in Adelaide's south. The four patients had a significant incident shortly after leaving hospital last year.

The South Australian Chief Psychiatrist John Brayley has recruited former ACT chief psychiatrist Peter Norrie to examine whether there were mistakes made during the discharge process.

Northern Territory community leaders are appalled after mobile phone footage was released showing children rioting outside of Palmerston Shopping Centre on Saturday night.

The children, aged between 12 and 17, used shopping trolleys to smash in doors, kicked in windows and assaulted security officers.

The riot is part of a number of youth crime events in the area which have seen the introduction of a three point plan including family counselling, early intervention to drug and alcohol use and a new youth justice centre.

Translink has revealed the millions of users of its tap and go system are subject to strict refund limitations.

The new limitations prevent passengers from disputing more than one fare per week, or two fares per month, regardless of the legitimacy of their claim.

No refunds are awarded for human error, such as forgetting to tap off.

The revelation comes as part of an ongoing investigation into the state transport systems which have seen NSW company Opal come under fire for its 3 disputes per year policy.

Concerns are growing for cancer patients in Papua New Guinea as it nears two years since the country’s last radiation machine was operational.

Hundreds of patients are dying awaiting the PNG government to pass legislation to meet nuclear safety requirements and allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to repair the machine.

Doctor Alfred Mel says the National Cancer Clinic has become a palliative care ward as no effective treatment is available. The only alternative is to go overseas, which is an expense many cannot afford.

President of the United States Donald Trump says he is considering eventually granting amnesty to migrants living in the US illegally, according to a tweet sent out Sunday.

The tweet, which has created anger amongst both the Democrat and Republican parties, comes as the US enters its fourth consecutive week of government shut down and is considered to be an attempt to mitigate disagreements over Trump’s border wall policy.

Trump says for now he is only offering to extend legal protections to children brought into the country illegally.

Mental health patients in rural Australia feel 'forgotten' in spite of billions of dollars in funding.

Health estimates that last year, 121 full-time-equivalent psychologists were employed to work in regional and remote areas.

One of the few rural psychologists in the North Burnett region, senior psychologist Hazel Burscough travels about 50,000 kilometres a year for work. She says she is fully booked every time when she visits a town and in one day can see up to 8 patients.

The Home Affairs Department says it will assist in funding and implementing new surveillance capabilities that will see technology companies, device manufacturers and service providers allow greater access to user data.

The legislation, rushed through parliament in the final sitting week last year, allows the home affairs department to crack encrypted messages and further investigate online behaviour of criminal suspects.

Parents and teachers say the Queensland Government's policy on air-conditioning in state schools is unfair,  disadvantaging some students based on their postcode or socioeconomic background.

The State Government provides funding to fully air-condition public schools in the north and west of Queensland, but schools south of Gladstone must find alternative funding if they wish to install climate control.