President tweets intention to ban transgender people from US armed forces due to 'tremendous medical costs and disruption'

A spider the size of a dinner plate has terrorised a Queensland family after it became "angry" when they tried to use their barbecue.

Sigourney Coles, 28, was asleep in her bed at her Bracken Ridge home in Queensland on Tuesday morning when Matt James Nolan allegedly doused her in petrol.

The body of a man has been found in a campervan, with police saying he suffered a "very violent death" judging by the amount of blood inside.

Cassie Sainsbury has arrived at a court in Colombia hopeful of avoiding a long stint in a Bogota jail.

A grandfather who saved for decades to buy his dream car had it stolen during a violent carjacking in Queensland.

A jury has found four men not guilty of the gang rape of a 15-year-old girl at a Blue Mountains party in 2012.

A baby in Canada is believed to be the first to receive life-saving heart surgery while still in the womb - five days before birth.

A man has been shot dead in Sydney after officers arrived to respond to a suspected armed robbery at a florist in Haymarket.

Khala Sainsbury says her family fears for its safety if Cassie confesses, admitting accused smuggler's life is ruined regardless of jail time.