Temperatures are expected to peak on Tuesday, reaching the "high forties" in Victoria and South Australia.

The local coast guard is still searching for 24 missing passengers of the MV Trisha Kerstin.

A search is continuing for one person still missing after a blaze broke out at a biscuit factory near the city of Trikala.

Gold is seen as a so-called safe-haven asset that investors buy in times of uncertainty and low interest rates.

A leak exposes for the first time the extent of Russia’s misuse of Interpol to request the arrest of critics.

Rina Gonoi, a former soldier, was sexually assaulted while serving in Japan's Self-Defense Forces.