Dozens of LGBT Ugandans promote gay pride, a year after a harsh anti-homosexuality law was overturned. Sean Carberry reports.
Palestinian authorities in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip systematically torture critics in detention, a practice that could amount to crimes against humanity, an international rights group says.In its report, Human Rights Watch (HRW) called for donor countries to cut off funding to Palestinian security forces that commit such crimes and urged the International Criminal Court to investigate.
Hawthorn veteran Liam Shiels has been dropped again as the Hawks look to arrest a four-game losing streak against GWS.Shiels, who brought up his 250th AFL game last month, has been left out of Hawthorn's team to face the Giants on Sunday.
Voting in Papua New Guinea's national election begins on Monday, with police mounting a major security operation to stop a repeat of violence that saw more than 200 people killed during the island nation's last election five years ago.Voting will take place from July 4 to 22, with ballots airlifted to remote constituencies with assistance from the Australian Defence Force.
Forecasters are warning of an "extreme weather event" with a torrent of rain set to hit Sydney over the next three days. Find out what is happening.
The man behind the Stock Swami Twitter account has apologised to the Federal Court for deliberately withholding documents and misleading the mining investor who is suing him for defamation.Alan Francis Davison appeared in court on Friday after Justice Michael Lee ordered that he travel from New Zealand to answer why he did not comply with discovery orders to produce documents.
Captain Courtney Lawes is expecting the Wallabies to "throw the kitchen sink" at his side in a desperation to end an eight-Test losing streak against England in Perth.Australia's last victory over their old foe came at the 2015 World Cup while England embarrassed the Wallabies on home turf in 2016 with a three-Test whitewash.
Health authorities have issued a fresh alert after a fifth man tested positive for monkeypox in Victoria.The man in his 40s is in isolation after travelling interstate and the Department of Health has begun contact tracing a small number of people.
Years after handing himself in to police with a loaded shotgun down his pants Clayton David Backman was handcuffed, shackled and flanked by security while being sentenced for the shooting death of a father.Backman - who admitted the manslaughter of Les Brooks, shooting another man during a home invasion and seriously assaulting corrective services officers - has been behind bars since his surrender in 2016.
Hockeyroos co-captain Brooke Peris will miss the upcoming World Cup and Commonwealth Games after being one of three players struck down by untimely injuries.Peris (thigh) and defender Meg Pearce (foot) have both been ruled out of Australia's World Cup campaign, which begins against Japan in Spain on Saturday night (Sunday morning AEST).
One of five young men initially accused of murdering a teenager at a Sydney house party has pleaded guilty to manslaughter.His four co-accused pleaded guilty to affray on Friday as the group was due to face trial in the NSW Supreme Court.
Brimming with confidence after his maiden State of Origin call-up, Matt Burton will carry high expectations he can continue his NSW form when he returns to the NRL in Canterbury colours.Burton was one of the Blues' most impressive performers as they tied the series in Perth, scoring a try, setting up another and troubling the Queensland back three with his towering bombs.
An obsessively jealous man who bludgeoned and stabbed his former partner to death must have put her in unimaginable fear, a judge has been told."There was a looming threat if the deceased ever left him she would or might be killed," crown prosector David Scully said on Friday.
The federal government is to provide almost $3 million to help restore and enhance 12,400 hectares of mangroves and saltmarsh habitats north of Adelaide.The project aims to restore natural tidal flows thereby improving the ecological health of local ecosystems.
The Warriors will be without star fullback Reece Walsh for Sunday's homecoming to Auckland after he contracted COVID-19.The club said in a statement that the 19-year-old tested positive on Friday and would miss the Warriors' first game in New Zealand since the 2019 season.
A psychiatric nurse who had a sexual relationship with a highly vulnerable patient has been stripped of her registration for three months.Jaclyn Stratton was working at Latrobe Regional Hospital's residential care units in 2018 when she got involved with the patient, who had borderline personality disorder, chronic suicidal ideation, and self-harming behaviours.
Sick Geelong coach Chris Scott is expected to recover from the illness that has kept him away from the AFL club in time to coach the Cats against North Melbourne.Scott wasn't at Kardinia Park on Friday as a precaution and skipped the afternoon's planned press conference alongside winger Mitch Duncan.
As Sydney stare down a make-or-break run of games, co-captain Luke Parker is determined not to let four points slip against AFL battlers Essendon.The Swans sit sixth, within touching distance of the top four while also in danger of dropping out of the eight.
The latest in a line of Burgoyne luminaries in the AFL will be blooded this weekend when Jase Burgoyne debuts for Port Adelaide.The son of AFL great Peter Burgoyne and nephew of four-time premiership player Shaun, 18-year-old father/son pick Jase has been confirmed as a starter against Fremantle on Sunday.
Australia have thrashed Sri Lanka by 10 wickets in Galle, bowling the hosts out in a session and claiming their fastest Test victory in 20 years.In a comprehensive display, Australia took only 22.
Sri Lanka have been hit by a COVID-19 case with veteran Angelo Matthews removed from the Galle Test against Australia after contracting the virus.Mathews was tested on day two of the match after reporting he was feeling unwell, with the result coming back positive.
