The crisis in Yemen continues to unfold with 85,000 children dead since 2015. According to Save the Children, they may have died from starvation or disease.

The estimate was based on data compiled by the United Nations, which has warned that up to 14 million people are at risk of famine in Yemen, where Saudi-backed forces are battling Iran-aligned Huthi rebels.

Save the Children director in Yemen, Tamer Kirolos, said for every child killed by bombs and bullets, dozens are starving from a preventable death.

A 14-year-old girl in a rural Indian village has died after she was forced to sleep alone in a hut during Cyclone Gaja as the girl was menstruating.

A coconut tree fell on the girl’s hut, which made it impossible for her family to reach her. They survived the cyclone despite sheltering in a neighbouring hut.

Villagers say it is common practice to segregate menstruating girls, and the girl’s death is a “wake up call”.

Bali Nine drug smuggler Renae Lawrence has set foot in Australia for the first time in 13 years, landing in Brisbane after her release from prison in Indonesia.

Lawrence was yesterday released from Bangli Prison, where she spent the last four years of her sentence, before flying out of Denpasar International Airport late last night.

She landed in Brisbane just before 5:00am (AEST) and is expected to board a flight to Newcastle later this morning.

Online retail giant Amazon has backflipped on its unpopular decision earlier this year to block Australian shoppers from shipping goods traditionally bought from the US store.

The decision, announced on the 1st of July as a result of the Federal government’s move to charge GST for international online purchases, prompted a major backlash from Australian customers.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison estimates the Government will gain about $300 million in additional revenue by extending GST to online sales.

After three years, the ninth Asia Pacific Triennial of contemporary art is back at GOMA.

This year’s exhibition features more than 80 artists and groups from over 30 countries and is packed with new installations, paintings, sculptures, photographs, and video from emerging and senior artists.

The exhibition is on from the 24th of November to 29th of April 2019.

Advanced materials developed and manufactured at The University of Queensland (UQ) were launched to the lower limits of the earth’s atmosphere yesterday on a private property one hour north-west of Goondiwindi in Australia’s first commercial rocket launch.

PhD student Christian Kudisonga said the launch demonstrated the University’s ability to create technology and materials for Queensland’s emerging space industry.

UQ researchers created a ceramic matrix composite panel which forms part of the rocket’s body for launch provider Black Sky Aerospace (BSA).