Prisoners in Venezuela have started riots at El Helicoide, the headquarters of the country’s secret service, after a political prisoner was beaten.

Despite her contribution to the spy agency’s post 9/11 interrogation programme, the US senate confirmed Gina Haspel as the CIA’s first female director.

The Federal Government has publicly apologised to residents of a Northern Territory Aboriginal community for prolonged delays in housing development.

A 25-year-old man has been arrested after punching several men and women as he walked along an eastern Sydney street on Thursday night.

A Brisbane city bus was hijacked by a 27-year-old man in West End on Wednesday afternoon.

The man allegedly smashed a glass panel, threatened the driver and forced him to drive off-course for 15 minutes before police stopped the bus and detained the man at St Pauls Terrace at Spring Hill.

The man appeared in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Thursday and was charged with wilful damage, possession of dangerous drugs and obstructing police.

Human Rights group ‘Reprieve’ have accused the British Government of funding human rights abuse in Bahrain.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo is urged by civilians to quickly put child marriages to an end after experts state the issue has reached “emergency point”.

A Senate inquiry states to parliament climate change is a “current and existential national security risk” to Australia.

The Victorian government has made a push to the high court for safer access zones around abortion clinics.