The World Health Organisation has rejected a traditional birth intervention concerning labour wards around the world, and says it leads to excessive caesarean sections.

The United States secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, is in Turkey where he aims to alleviate rising tensions with Turkey over the Syrian conflict.

Residents in northern Western Australia have been told to prepare for more dangerous weather with a category 3 cyclone expected to hit the region.

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton yesterday called for a further slash in Australia’s migrant intake, despite having already tightened numbers.

Researchers from The Nature Conservatory and James Cook University have found Australia’s shellfish reefs are, in fact, more endangered than the Great Barrier Reef.

Ordinary men and women have spoken out about the death threats, defamation and bullying that they have experienced as admins of Facebook local community groups.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu has resigned as an ambassador for Oxfam, saying he is “deeply disappointed” about the charity’s handling of sexual abuse claims against its workers.

Senators from New South Wales and Victoria have threatened to walk away from the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, after an amendment to include more water for farmers was voted down.

A recent study of Tasmanian Devils has suggested that the animals are able to overcome the facial tumour which has wiped out much of the population.