Facebook has struck content deals with Australia’s two largest Media companies - Nine Entertainment and Newscorp. 

Sources familiar with the deal said Newscorp would be paid for use of articles in Facebook’s soon-to-launch news and video services. 

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard has unveiled a new underground missile storage facility that it says will boost the country’s naval strike capabilities.

Revolutionary Guard Commander General Hossein Salami says the facility will store ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges of up to 2000km.

Three primary school teachers are being held by bandits in Nigeria’s Kaduna state in yet another attack on schools.

The abductions are the fifth mass school abduction since December, with criminals preying on schoolchildren and teachers as easy targets to be held for ransom.

Queensland has recorded 6 new Coronavirus cases in hotel quarantine overnight. Authorities have confirmed the virus is again spreading in the Hotel Grand Chancellor. 106 guests who left the Grand Chancellor Hotel since March 6 have been told to self-isolate. Premier Anastacia Palaszczuk says the state will know by lunchtime t

RACQ is calling for a discount on the Go Between Bridge as traffic across the William Jolly Bridge increased by an average of 5 thousand cars per day over the past few months. The increase is a result of the Victoria Bridge being made a traffic-free zone in January this year as part of a Brisbane City Council green initiative. Council data

A 62 hectare block of land in Birkdale is set to be turned into a major community precinct as Redland City Council asks residents for input on the site. The land on Old Cleveland Road holds heritage listed buildings dating back to World War 2 and was previously owned by the Federal Government. Karen Williams, Redland Mayor says she has bee

In the last year women with disability were more than twice as likely to report sexual violence compared to women without disability.

The ACT Ombudsman has recommended cultural training and increased community consultation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in a report released today. The Ombudsman investigation follows a number of complaints made by Indigenous Australians about treatment from ACT police, as well as their continued over-representation in Australia’s prison system. 

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine is in detention again after being arrested while leading a protest last night. Wine has only been free for a short while after being arrested during the January presidential election which he has denounced as being illegitimate. Long-time president Yoweri Museveni won the January elections amid accusatio