A suicide bomber has attacked a government office in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, causing a nearby school to collapse.

The bomber rammed a car into the district office, killing three soldiers and injuring 14 people including 6 children, according to reports.

Somalia has faced instability and violence since 1991, when the military government was overthrown.

More than two peaceful bystanders who were filming a protest, have been arrested in Newcastle.

The bystanders were arrested for aiding and abetting after filming a Newcastle local who stopped coal entering the port by ascending a tripod 10 meters above the train line.

The protest was a collaboration between Frontline Action on Coal and Newcastle Climate Justice Uprising as part of the #EndCoal campaign. The campaign aims to shut down the railways feeding coal into the world's largest coal port in Newcastle.

An ongoing investigation now. The Australian filmmaker James Ricketson, has been sentenced by a Cambodian court to six years in prison on charges of spying for an unnamed country, after he was arrested while flying a drone over an opposition rally.

During trial, the prosecution argued that Ricketson's work had damaged Cambodia's reputation on the world stage. The prosecution's main argument relied on several emails in which he expressed sympathy for opposition groups.

DREAMWORLD has unveiled the first glimpse of a state-of-the-art thrill ride that it hopes will herald a new golden era.

The “Flying Theatre” iRide simulator, which is the latest trend in theme parks in Asia and the US, is on track to open this Christmas holidays.

It is a step to winning back visitors after the Thunder River Rapids tragedy and the subsequent inquest.

The $15 million attraction is being built on the site of the old IMAX theatre.

The State Government and Queensland Health are coming to a decision regarding renaming the Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital. The hospital was opened in 2014, named after Queensland physician and author Phyllis Cilento.

Over 38,000 Queenslanders voted in an online survey, with 62 percent in favour of a name change.

The proposed name is now ‘Queensland Children’s Hospital’. The name change would require additional alterations to precinct maps, building signage and documentation.  

Right-wing US strategist Steve Bannon has issued criticism of Australian leadership, suggesting that the approach to China is weak and ineffectual.  

He ties the US and Australia’s relationship to China as both ‘tributary states’, warning that Australia is a ‘hotbed’ for a working-class revolt, similar in scale to Trump’s populist election win.

He is planning to visit Australia and campaigning his nationalist message before the next election.

Guatemalan farmers struggle to recover from June’s volcanic eruption.

Ash has damaged trees, killed crops and layered the fields with rock and debris. Destroyed corn and bean crops will force local farmers to buy these staple foods, but without crops to sell, they will need to rely upon government help.

The eruption of Fuego was the biggest in more than four decades and was declared a natural disaster.

Queensland Premier Palaszczuk has ordered an inquiry into voluntary euthanasia and end-of-life care.

Speaking at the Labor Party Conference in Brisbane, she outlined that a parliamentary health committee would look into improvements into these issues, along with aged care services and palliative care.

The state opposition outlined that assisted dying should not be a main issue for Queensland, expressing the Liberal National Party’s official stance against euthanasia.

A new study reveals almost half of Australian women suffer from anxiety or depression.  

The national survey of more than 15,000 women across Australia, conducted by non-for-profit organisation Jean Hailes for Women’s Health, also found that many women don’t feel comfortable discussing issue with doctors, and one in four women said they couldn’t afford to go to their preferred GP.

A key motive of the survey is to increase trust between women and their doctors.

A group of four people have blocked Millers Road leading from Southern Queensland Correctional Centre, stopping the transfer of prisoners from the facility.

The newly formed group, No Gatton Women’s prison, is calling on the Queensland Government to stop transferring women to the 300 cell facility and to rethink the need for another women’s prison.