A man who allegedly armed himself with a weapon and aimed at authorities has been fatally shot in what police have described as a "split-second decision"
Alex Mitchell and Samantha Lock
The latest figures from a crime-ridden territory prove a tough law and order approach is working after a near 10 per cent offending drop, the government says.
Lloyd Jones
A new dedicated women's prison in a crime-troubled territory is aimed at improving rehabilitation outcomes away from adjacent compounds for male inmates.
Police are trying to work out who is responsible for a number of pipe bombs which have been found in public places in the nation's capital.
Zac de Silva
Tough bail laws triggered by a fatal stabbing have been hailed a year after their introduction, with the victim's family calling it his "lasting legacy".
Donations and praise have poured in for the heroic police officer who brought a stabbing rampage to an end as she battles a rare form of cancer.
Kat Wong and Alex Mitchell
A grandmother from a remote Indigenous community died in hospital following a chain of medical failures, a coroner said.
A series of brawls involving people armed with weapons has erupted in a remote, troubled community amid ongoing unrest, with three cars torched.
A man believed to have been suffering a mental health episode has been shot by police, after a six-hour siege where he attempted to stab an officer with glass.
Alex Mitchell
A spate of remote community fights have erupted in a crime-troubled territory, with elders urged to help restore calm after a man was shot with a crossbow bolt.
Police are hunting a group of teenagers after twin brothers were allegedly ambushed in a machete attack that left one with life-long injuries.
Allanah Sciberras
Naveed Akram, accused of the worst terror attack on Australian soil where 15 people were killed, has been transferred to a supermax jail.
Farid Farid
The death of a mother of five in an outback town's watch house has highlighted shortcomings in measures to protect detainees' health.
Police will carry long-arm rifles at the final Ashes Test, which will also feature heartfelt tributes and a guard of honour following a recent terror attack.
An appeals court has struck down California's ban on openly carrying firearms in most parts of the US state.
Nate Raymond
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro will return to prison following a series of medical operations.
Staff Writers
Cricket played behind the barbed wire in German prisoner-of-war camps in World War II was a huge morale booster for diggers, diaries and scorebooks show.
Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay about $US1.56 billion to a woman who blamed the firm's talc-based baby powder for causing her cancer.
Mrinmay Dey
A court will decide whether three children of a British-Australian couple living off-grid in the Italian woods can spend Christmas together.
Spit hoods are ineffective in protecting against transmissible diseases and should be banned in prisons and hospitals, a coroner says.
Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted associate of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has asked a US court to vacate or amend her 20-year sentence for sex trafficking.
The BBC is vowing to defend itself against President Donald Trump's defamation suit over a documentary's edit of his speech before the Capitol riot.
Jack Queen and David Thomas
Investigators believe US director-actor Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were stabbed to death in their home, but are yet to detain anyone over the killings.
Steve Gorman
Jimmy Lai, the former Hong Kong media mogul and outspoken critic of Beijing, has been convicted in a landmark national security trial.
James Pomfret and Jessie Pang
