Hindu Fundamentalists in Northern India are protesting the release of the Bollywood film Padmaavat.

Coral reefs are at risk of disease-carrying microbes using plastic to spread and colonise, a new study has found.

The risk of coral being infected with a disease known as White Syndrome increases from 4 per cent to 89 per cent when it makes contact with oceanic plastic pollution, according to a paper from the journal Science.

Asia-Pacific hosts 9 of the 10 worst plastic polluters in the world, researchers believe due to poor waste management.

A planned rail strike in Sydney has been suspended by the Fair Work Commission, but significant disruptions are expected over the long weekend.

Rugby league star, Johnathan Thurston says Australians need to be better informed why Indigenous Australians are upset with the date of Australia Day.

Mr Thurston insisted governments prioritise Indigenous issues, particularly the Australia Day date issue, after failures to meet targets for Close the Gap, a government-led Indigenous health campaign aimed at improving health and life-expectancy.

A 69-year-old man has been charged with taking protected wildlife, with the investigation into the alleged killing of a three metre crocodile in far north Queensland.

Members of the Kurdish authority in Syria have called on Syria’s government for assistance against Turkish forces in the border region of Afrin.

A US diplomat yesterday quit Myanmar’s Rohingya crisis panel, labelling it a ‘whitewash’.

Australia’s first Indigenous surgeon Kelvin Kong, is on a mission to improve ear health and hearing for Indigenous children.

As the parliamentary year is about to commence, the Turnbull government will have another attempt at passing legislation to make it harder to become an official Australian citizen.