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A group of teenagers have been arrested after allegedly stabbing a schoolboy in terrifying attack.

The NightlyHorror stabbing: Five teenagers allegedly attack schoolboy

A 14-year-old boy is clinging to life after a brutal public stabbing. Five teenagers have been arrested over the shocking attack.

Eloise Budimlich

A group of teenagers have been arrested after allegedly stabbing a schoolboy in terrifying attack.

World NewsCommentsHorror stabbing: Five teenagers allegedly attack schoolboy

A 14-year-old boy is clinging to life after a brutal public stabbing. Five teenagers have been arrested over the shocking attack.

Eloise Budimlich

An aerial photo shows white waves crashing onto the Kujukuri Coast in Sosa City, Chiba Prefecture (Photo by Toshiyuki Kon / The Yomiuri Shimbun via AFP)

AustraliaVideoCommentsUrgent warning for Aussie travellers after monster quake

A swathe of urgent warnings have been issued for Aussie travellers, with multiple countries under threat of a tsunami following an 8.6 magnitude earthquake. 

Peta Rasdien

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NewsPremiumWarning to Aussies amid tsunami threat

Tsunami warnings have been issued across the North Pacific after a mammoth magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck the east coast of Russia.

Alexandra Feiam

ANKARA, TURKIYE - JULY 30: An infographic titled "Tsunami alerts in Japan after 8.8 magnitude earthquake" created in Ankara, Turkiye on July 30, 2025. (Photo by Mehmet Yaren Bozgun/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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French Polynesia bracing for 4 metre high tsunami waves

Evacuations are still underway as authorities fear the potentially fatal impacts of the ongoing tsunami threat, with French Polynesia expecting monstrous waves.

Max Corstorphan

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UPDATEDPremiumGaza demand sparks Senate clash

Senior senators have clashed over Gaza as the Albanese government inches closer to recognising a Palestinian state.

Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer and Jessica Wang

A suicide note gives an insight into what drove mass shooter Shane Tamura.

World NewsCommentsTragic motive likely behind New York shooting bloodbath

A suicide note gives an insight into what drove mass shooter Shane Tamura.

Rick Maese, Vivian Ho, Albert Samaha

Didarul Islam and Wesley LePatner were murdered in the attack.

World NewsCommentsLives cut short: Mass shooting victims identities revealed

Their lives, varied and vibrant, ended when a man with an assault rifle shot his way inside a 44-storey skyscraper large enough to have its own zip code.

El Calabrese, Kim Bellware, Mark Maske, María Luisa Paúl

Former Cabinet Minister Ed Husic is urging Australia to act urgently and recognise Palestine.

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Ed Husic says Australia must recognise Palestine

Former Labor cabinet minister Ed Husic has urged Australia to recognise Palestine following a push by the UK and France ahead of a UN meeting in September.

Latika M Bourke

Trump and Epstein

World NewsCommentsTrump: Epstein ‘stole’ women like Perth’s Virginia Giuffre

US President Donald Trump has revealed fresh details about the breakdown of his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein nearly 20 years ago. 

Amy Lee

Prime Minister Keir Starmer called a cabinet meeting to discuss the situation in the Gaza Strip. (AP PHOTO)

World NewsCommentsUK will recognise Palestinian state if ‘suffering’ persists

Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the United Kingdom will recognise a Palestinian state in September unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire.

Staff Writers

The suspected shooter is seen entering the Manhattan building with a rifle.

World NewsNote found on NY shooter’s body as NFL link probe underway

A gunman who shot dead four people in a Manhattan skyscraper was trying to target the NFL headquarters, as authorities investigate a note found on his body claiming he wanted his brain studied after his death.

Caleb Runciman

Anni Fordham showing the MB Ready website.

WA NewsCommentsEmergency WA tech tipped to save lives 16,600km away

Emergency warning technology designed for WA has been rolled out on the other side of the world in a Canadian province.

Oliver Lane

The IDF has released footage of 'Hamas terrorists looting aid'.

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‘Hamas terrorists looting aid’: IDF release video

The Israeli Defence Force has published footage it claims shows a group of armed Hamas terrorists ‘looting an aid truck’.

Max Corstorphan

Police and politicians oppose the Palestine Action Group's plan to march over Sydney Harbour Bridge. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

PoliticsPolice seek to block Palestine march on Harbour Bridge

Police will seek a court order making it unlawful for activists to march across the Sydney Harbour Bridge in support of Palestinians in Gaza.

Rachel Jackson and Farid Farid

The Albanese government has been warned Australia faces ‘mega droughts’ without ambitious climate goals. Martin Ollman / NewsWire

ENVIRONMENTPremium‘Once a year’: Warning on fruit and veg

As the Coalition tears itself apart over net zero, Australia has been warned that is not going hard enough on climate change.

Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer

For the first time, prominent Israeli human rights organisations have publicly accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza.

World NewsCommentsIsraeli rights groups allege genocide in Gaza for first time

THE NEW YORK TIMES: For the first time, prominent Israeli human rights organisations have publicly accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza, citing widespread destruction and displacement

Aaron Boxerman

The suspected shooter is seen entering the Manhattan building with a rifle.

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‘Act of evil’: Search for motive as NYC gunman kills five

Police are still searching for a motive after a gunman drove across country before opening fire in a New York skyscraper, killing five people, including a police officer, and critically injuring one other. 

Peta Rasdien

A Delta Airlines co-pilot has been arrested minutes after landing in San Fransisco for disturbing child sex crimes.

THE NIGHTLYPolice storm cockpit, arrest pilot over sick allegations

Passengers aboard a Delta Airlines flight were left shocked when detectives ‘stormed the cockpit’ and handcuffed a co-pilot just minutes after the plane landed.

Amy Lee

US President Donald Trump says he is setting a new 10 or 12-day deadline for Russia over its war in Ukraine.

Donald TrumpVideoCommentsTrump warns Putin he has ‘10 or 12 days’ to end Ukraine war

US President Donald Trump has threatened Vladimir Putin with a new deadline for Russia to end its war in Ukraine, expressing his ‘disappointment’.

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Trade Minister Don Farrell and Anthony Albanese are under pressure to secure a US tariffs deal. (Aap/AAP PHOTOS)

World News'Bad policy': Australia fears double US tariff rate

US President Donald Trump has flagged all countries, including Australia, could be hit with baseline tariffs up to double the current rate of 10 per cent.

Jacob Shteyman and Kat Wong

Boss Energy's share price has plunged on revelations about one of its mines. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

World NewsBoss Energy shares plunge on issues at uranium mine

Boss Energy shares have dropped more than 40 per cent after the company disclosed its Honeymoon mine might have less uranium than originally thought.

Derek Rose

Nationals heavyweight Barnaby Joyce has asked Australia’s big-city residents if they are ‘prepared to hurt the poor’. Martin Ollman / NewsWire

NEWSPremium‘Are you kidding’: 21yo senator canes Hanson

The new Labor senator hit out at Pauline Hanson’s urgency motion to abandon net zero, accusing the One Nation leader of abandoning her generation.

Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer, Joanne Williamson

Air India plane crash victim Fiongal Greenlaw-Meek's mother has been left heartbroken after authorities sent the wrong body back to the UK.

THE NIGHTLYMum of Air India crash victim ‘appalled’ after body mix up

The mother of a wellness influencer who died in the Air India plane crash has been left distraught after authorities sent another victim’s body back to the UK.

Amy Lee