Prime Minister Scott Morrison says a report that identified shortcomings with how a $444 million grant was handed to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation has proven ministers did not act improperly.

Two men have been charged with drug supply as police investigate the death of a young woman at a Sydney music festival.

A bomb attack claimed by Islamic State has killed two US troops and two civilians working for the US military in northern Syria, weeks after President Donald Trump said the group had been defeated there and that he would pull out all American forces.

Kenya's president says security forces have killed all militants who stormed an upscale hotel complex in Nairobi in an attack that killed at least 14 people.

A child has been taken to hospital with heatstroke during a day of extreme temperatures across NSW.

TV personality Deborah Hutton's former partner, who created a rape kit to help stage a burglary, has been convicted and ordered by a Sydney court to pay more than $13,000 in police investigation costs.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison insists Australia's trade relationships with Britain and the European Union are in safe hands after Brexit plans plunged into chaos in the UK parliament.

Two international airline staff allegedly imported high-grade heroin and ice into Sydney and Melbourne as part of a major trafficking ring authorities say has been operating for years.

British MPs have defeated Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit divorce deal by a crushing margin, triggering political chaos that could lead to a disorderly exit from the EU or even to a reversal of the 2016 decision to leave.

China has blasted Canada for "irresponsible" remarks after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused the country of "arbitrarily" sentencing a Canadian to death for drug smuggling, aggravating already icy relations.