New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman has filed a lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein and his company, saying the misconduct the company enabled was some of the worst his office has investigated.

The suit is to ensure the Weinstein brothers and their management team do not receive the full $500 million from the company’s sale, and to end the pattern of abuse.

Mr Schneiderman said the company’s management was clearly aware of and complicit in the sexual misconduct taking place.

London’s City Airport has closed after the discovery of an unexploded World War II bomb found by a dock in the River Thames.

All flights in and out of the airport have been cancelled and nearby homes have been evacuated.

According to the Royal Navy. The bomb will be relocated to another dock and safety exploded underwater, with the airport scheduled to reopen on Tuesday local time.

Alleged sex offender Malka Leifer, wanted on 74 charges of child sexual abuse in Victoria, has been accused of faking mental illness to avoid extradition from Israel.

Israeli police have been conducting a secret investigation into Ms Leifer’s mental illness claims, as her alleged anxiety prevented her from attending extradition hearings.

Israeli police arrested her for obstructing court proceedings and attempting to hide evidence.

There are calls for the Catholic Church’s tax free status to be reviewed following a Fairfax investigation into the Church's Australian owned property and assets.

Fairfax’s six-month investigation found that the Church was worth more than $9 billion in Victoria alone, with its national net-wealth to be around $30 billion.

The Brisbane City Council has launched an investigation into illegally owned dingoes after it was revealed that it had issued permits to six individuals to keep the wild dogs as pets.

When asked about the illegal registrations, the Council confirmed dingoes could not be kept as a pet without a state government permit, but had no explanation for the dingoes the Council had already registered.

The Dutton Park Eco-sciences precinct has been chosen as the preferred location for the first new high school to be built in Brisbane’s inner-south for more than 50 years.

Chosen to help relieve enrolment pressure from Brisbane State High School, the decision has come to the delight of many parents who held concerns over the expansion of existing inner-city schools.

The new school comes as part of the state government’s $800 million Building Future Schools Fund, with a secondary state college being planned to open in Fortitude Valley in 2020.

Tropical Cyclone Gita hit Tonga last night as a category four storm with winds of 230 kilometers an hour, causing flooding and widespread destruction of homes and trees.

The Government declared a national state of emergency, enforcing a curfew and urging citizens stay indoors or get to an evacuation centre as soon as possible.

Cyclone Gita is expected to hit Fiji’s south islands as a category five storm, and has a possibility of hitting New Zealand.

Oxfam’s deputy chief Penny Lawrence has resigned following the charity’s failure to respond to allegations of sexual misconduct by aid staff.

Staff working in Haiti and Chad after the 2010 earthquake had reportedly paid for sex with sex workers, and an Oxfam internal investigation in 2011 confirmed sexual misconduct had occured.

UK Aid Minister Penny Mordaunt has threatened to withdraw government funding from Oxfam unless the full details were revealed.

Barnaby Joyce is being scrutinised for accepting the free rent of a townhouse from a prominent businessman in his electorate.

The businessman, Greg Maguire, owns the Powerhouse Hotel in Armidale and several businesses in Tamworth, and has been connected with two local political scandals over the past two decades.

Mr Joyce did officially report the free housing as a gift, but did not state its value, which is estimated to be around $14,000.