India is conducting an investigation of all childcare homes run by the Missionaries of Charity after the arrest of two people on baby trafficking charges earlier this month.

The Women and Child Development Ministry states all childcare institutions must be registered and linked to the federal government within a month.

Jharkhand State Commission for Protection of Child Rights chairwoman Arti Kujur says all four infants sold by the two arrested have been recovered by authorities.

292 crocodiles have been slaughtered in Indonesia, as villagers staged a revenge attack after a local man was killed by a crocodile.

Locals of the Sorong district of West Papua, rushed a licensed sanctuary that breeds endangered saltwater and New Guinea crocodiles with shovels and hammers.

40 police officers tried to stop the attack, however with a crowd of 600 they were unable to contain the incident.

Fire and emergency services minister Craig Crawford says close to 3400 buildings suspected of operating as illegal budget accommodation have been inspected by the Queensland Fire and Emergency Service over the past 11 years

These inspections have resulted in 1626 requisitions being issued across the state to limit to number of residents to five or fewer residents, in accordance with legislation introduced after the Childers Palace Backpacker hostel fire resulted in 15 deaths in 2000.

A report released by the Australia Institutes included modelling that shows developing new coal mines in the Galilee Basin would cost 12,500 jobs in existing coal mining regions and replace on two in three workers.

The report concludes that even if thermal coal exports increased the highly automated mines would on balance costs to the industry.

The findings in the report contradict the expected job creation that supporters of the Adani’s Carmichel mega mine and proposals in the untapped Galilee Basin had predicted.

Truck drivers and supporters have held protests around the country for better safety standards and working conditions after being named deadliest industry for a third consecutive year.

The Transport Workers Union of Australia is claiming drivers are being subjected to breaches of fatigue rules and harassment when they raise safety issues.

TWU Acting National Secretary Michael Kaine said corporations are squeezing profits from freight contracts at the expense of public safety and no one is holding them accountable.

South Australia has put forward the former Royal Adelaide Hospital site as the best location for the new Australian space agency, in a meeting between Premier Steven Marshall and the agency’s director general Megan Clark.

South Australia is home to several space-related tech companies, especially those with a focus on satellite technology.

The federal government has committed $41 million to the project, including $15 million to kickstart the project, with a decision on the location expected by the end of the year.

A ceasefire between Israel and Gaza militant groups seems to be holding up after ending the most intensive conflict since a 2014 war.

Saturday saw Israel carry dozens of air strikes which killed two people, Gaza also fired 100’s of rockets across the border wounding three people.

The ceasefire mediated by Egypt came into effect late Saturday, Israel reported two rocket attacks after the ceasefire by Gaza with one being intercepted by the iron dome defence system.

Spanish rescue workers have saved 340 migrants stuck in the mediterranean sea, Spain’s coast guard rescued 240 people from 12 boats, 10 boats were in the Gibraltar strait and 2 other boats in the Alboran Sea.

One man also tried to make the crossing on a truck tyre.

The International Organizations for migration’s latest figures show 16,902 people have arrived in Spain with 294 dying in their attempts to make it to Spain.

Spain could take over Italy as the country of choice for migrants.