Police in Paris have begun dismantling Millennaire camp, the largest makeshift camp in the city which houses refugees in the French capital. 

Local authorities moved on Wednesday to clear out up to 1,500 people, mostly Africans from Eritrea, Sudan and Somalia, from the camp located in the cities north-east. 

The dawn operation is the 35th camp clearance in the French capital in the past three years.  

The Russian journalist who was supposedly murdered in Kiev is alive, revealing that his death was staged.

Former war correspondent and Putin critic Arkady Babchenko says he faked his death in collaboration with the Ukrainian security service to expose the Russian agents plotting his death.

Babchenko apologised to his friends and family, especially his wife, but there was no other way of doing it.

The Queensland and federal governments are being urged to step in as Torres Strait Island families move to higher ground to escape rising sea levels. 

On Iama Island, fears of being washed away have prompted some families to move from the heavily eroded beach, which local councilor Getano Lui says is creating “overcrowding.”

"I don't care what happens between the state and the Commonwealth, something needs to be done," Mr. Lui said.

Victorian MPs call for the banning of dowry abuse in Australia as the state prepares to introduce legislation against the practice. 

Federal Labor MP Julian Hill said the practice is completely inappropriate for modern Australia and perpetuates a culture of ownership of women.

Dowry-giving is a common practice amongst Hindu and Sikh communities, though made illegal in India in 1961.

Brisbane City Council has given the State Government a 10-year guarantee, that Brisbane Metro will not leave them out of pocket, with the service able to be funded with the existing transport budget.

Currently, every service is funded by Transport for Brisbane, which is majority state funding.

Public and active transport chairman Adrian Schrinner says the existing and projected Transport for Brisbane funding was enough to cover operating the sixty Metro vehicles expected to be running across the city by 2023.

Several left-turn-on red signs used to reduce congestion across the city will be removed for not complying with newly enforced road rules.

The 48 signs were gradually implemented since a successful trial in 2013, and were introduced to improve congestion and increased pedestrian safety on Brisbane’s roads.

The signs will be gradually removed in an effort to match Queensland’s signage rules with those of New South Wales.

The International Whaling Commission has revealed Japanese hunters have killed more than 100 pregnant whales in it’s Antarctic summer field survey.

A report sent to the commission reveals the hunters caught 333 minkes in total throughout their five month programme.

Japan said it’s programme is for scientific purposes, despite a 2014 UN ruling against its "lethal research" and widespread global condemnation.

India and Pakistan have declared a ceasefire along their disputed border in Kashmir on Tuesday evening.

If successful, the ceasefire will temper border hostilities between the neighbors in the disputed region that has recently witnessed some of its worst violence in years.

Civilians from both nations are eager to restart their lives and return home, and are hopeful that the truce will stick.

The federal government has announced a two million dollar trial of assistance dogs as a supplement to clinical treatment for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

Veterans’ Affairs Minister Darren Chester said unlike companion dogs, assistance dogs are specially trained to perform takes that aid in clinical recovery.

La Trobe University will undertake the trial in early 2019 and will match the temperament of a dog or puppy with a participant with the hopes of permanent placement.