Estonia’s military is undergoing an investigation for the remains of a missile accidentally fired by a Spanish fighter jet.

The Eurofighter Typhoon from the Spanish Air Force was taking part in aerial drills for the NATO policing of the Baltic airspace when it launched a missile in southern Estonia.

Men and women experiencing homelessness in Canberra are having to choose between freezing together in their cars of taking their chances apart in shelters.

Support services have been overwhelmed over the winter with homeless people desperate for help, but support workers have been struggling to keep couples together.

The 2016 census estimated more than 116,000 people were experiencing homelessness in Australia.

Tonnes of used car batteries are piling up on outback Queensland cattle stations and expensive transport licenses are being blamed.

The cost for a permit to transport more than 250 kilograms of batteries costs almost $1,900, making it unviable for many landholders to transport them away to recycling facilities.

Doctors are telling patients with acne, splinters, warts and minor ailments to instead seek help from a GP rather than clogging up Queensland emergency departments.

Queensland Health’s Chief Clinical Information, Officer Keith McNeil, said that about 32% of the 155,000 emergency department presentations in the state’s public hospitals every month could instead be treated by a GP.

Social axe throwing has arrived in Brisbane as an alternative to mainstream sports - or even darts.

After a successful launch and a growing community on the Gold Coast, Lumber Punks will bring their sporting outlet to West End next week.

The 18+ venue is strictly no alcohol, and gives you the opportunity to throw axes, tomahawks, and cleavers.

Two fires have merged together in California becoming the largest bushfire in the state’s history covering roughly 115,000 hectares and is only 30 per cent contained.

Approximately 10,000 people had been evacuated in the areas surrounding the fire which has destroyed 100 structures and threatens approximately 10,000 more.

Nine people have been confirmed dead in the state.

A tanker truck carrying flammable materials exploded in Milan overnight, killing at least two people and injuring 70.

The accident happened on a major highway heading to Bologna (Ba Loan Ya), causing major burns to victims and broken glass being hurled at passers-by causing further injury.

Police footage reveals a second truck hitting the tanker from behind was the likely cause of the explosion.

A koala virus could help researchers explain millions of years of accumulated ‘junk’ DNA in human genomes.

Researchers from The University of Queensland are studying a virus infecting koalas in the hope it could demonstrate how viruses have altered the DNA of humans and other species throughout history.

Virologist Professor Paul Young said the team has analysed the effects of the retrovirus infection, which is a virus which replicates and spreads within DNA.

Strange shapes appearing in the skies over large parts of Queensland on Tuesday sparked a social media frenzy after clouds formed an unusual portal-like hole over Brisbane.

It was not an alien invasion, but actually a fall-streak hole, says Harry Clark from the Bureau of Meteorology, where “Ice crystals start to form and fall down out of the cloud”.

Mr. Clark also said airplanes could also be responsible for the formation, siring up the cloud and allowing the ice to start falling to create the uncommon hole in the sky.