Bridget Brennan
Death Valley swelters as temperatures top 54 degrees
A brutal heatwave punishing the US West has pushed temperatures toward all-time records for a third day, as Death Valley in California...
Jock Palfreeman’s fate unclear after Bulgarian court adjourns Australian’s parole hearing
Bulgaria’s highest court has adjourned after a hearing on whether to overturn a decision to grant parole to Australian Jock Palfreeman. A...
Cardinal admits church ‘destroyed’ files documenting sex abuse of children
Cardinal Reinhard Marx, the Archbishop of Munich, has told 190 church leaders gathered in Rome that procedures to investigate and punish paedophile...
Pope Francis’ comments linking church critics to the devil criticised by abuse victims
Abuse victims have hit out at comments made by Pope Francis after he labelled the church’s critics “friends of the devil”. During...
Derry residents reflect on terror of The Troubles in wake of fresh violence in Northern Ireland
A car bomb outside a courthouse, hijackings and masked men with guns – the terror of The Troubles came back in a...
John McCain’s daughter bids her dad adieu with love, tears and a scathing slap at Donald Trump
While Senator John McCain did not make it to the highest office, he commanded a service fit for a president at the...
Washington lauds John McCain as one of US’s ‘bravest souls’, while Donald Trump is absent
Washington’s bitterly divided leaders have come together on Friday to praise the late Senator John McCain as an embodiment of America’s fighting...
Man critical after Alice Springs drag race burnout
One person is in a critical condition and 10 others have been injured after burning fuel sprayed into the crowd at the...
Multiple injuries at Red CentreNATS racing event in Alice Springs
One person is in a critical condition and 11 others are in a serious but stable condition after burning fuel sprayed into...
Indigenous children in care set to triple: report
The number of Indigenous children removed from their families is set to triple in the next two decades on current trends, a...