Protesters will gather at an immigration detention centre in Pinkenba to show solidarity with 35 detained refugees.

The 35 detained refugees were brought to Australia for medical treatment, after being detained on Nauru and Papua New Guinea for up to 6 years.

"They should have been processed under Australian law and given permanent protection in Australia," said organisers Refugee Action Collective Queensland. 

The protest at Brisbane Transit Accomodation Centre will begin at 11am, Saturday, 1 May. 

Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed will no longer seek a two-year extension to his term in office after it provoked three days of clashes in the capital.

Forces loyal to the president and those backing the opposition have been occupying different parts of the capital, Mogadishu.

India has reached 200,000 COVID-19 deaths as the country battles a devastating second wave. 

There have been at least 300,000 new infections every day in the past week, with fears the real number of cases and fatalities are significantly higher. 

The Victorian government confirmed this morning it has chosen a site in Melbourne's north to develop a 500-bed quarantine hub for returned travelers.

The facility will be built next to an existing pet quarantine site in Mickleham - 30 kilometers north of Melbourne CBD.

Queensland Police are pleading for a change of attitude among drivers following Wide Bay Burnett region records the Queensland’s worst regional road deaths toll this year.

Wide Bay Burnett, which includes the Bunderberg, Fraser Island and Gympie regions, has seen 18 deaths on the roads since the beginning of the year. 

Sunshine Coast police officers warn residents could be fined up to $6700 dollars if they leave their vehicles unlocked. 

The warning follows after multiple unlocked utes were targeted and stolen in rural areas and used in other crimes. 

A new report says melting glaciers are having a greater impact on rising sea levels than the melting Greenland or Antarctic ice sheets. 

Hong Kong has passed a new immigration law that can stop people from entering or leaving the city, without a court order or avenues for appeal. 

Activists have described the law as authoritarian and compared it to mainland-Chinese “exit bans” which often target dissidents.