Saudi Arabia accuses Houthis of targeting Mecca

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has used a 20-minute address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York to advocate for Australia to secure another term on the Security Council - arguing middle powers had a vital role to play in a changing world order.

The Federal Government has launched a taskforce to investigate how a rogue AI agent hacked into a Medicare data website.

It's been almost a year since four year old, Gus Lamont disappeared from the family's homestead in far-north South Australia and to mark the anniversary his parents have spoken publicly for the first time.  

Western Australia will introduce the nation's strictest ban on smart glasses in public schools, the state's education minister has announced.

A senate inquiry has recommended that control of triple zero calls be removed from Telstra and handed to a government authority.

An appearance by officials from the Reserve Bank of Australia at a parliamentary committee has left observers even more convinced that more interest rate rises are on the way.

Labor is tightening visa rules for international students and backpackers, while increasing efforts to remove overstayers as it seeks greater control over migration.

Authorities in Saudi Arabia say they've intercepted a drone fired by Houthi rebels at Mecca. It's the latest sign of escalating tensions in a conflict which is threatening the transport of oil through the key Bab el- Mandeb strait. 

China has rejected suggestions that the US should continue to impede China's advancement in artificial intelligence by maintaining restrictions on sales of high end chips and semiconductors.

China says calls for an AI slowdown from industry leaders are a "Cold War" tactic, aimed at curbing its progress in the sector.