Travellers are facing full body scans, increased security and more expensive flights as part of a government plan to boost airport defence against terrorists.

A teenage boy says he's tormented by memories of his mother's face as she was swept to her death in a flash flood in Queensland.

A bank worker who stole over $1m from his "homophobic" employers embarked on his debt spiral during an emotional and financial crisis, a court has heard.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are suing the British tabloid that published a story alleging they were preparing to split.

Queensland wants an undertaking that the US state of Alabama will not seek the death penalty for American honeymoon killer Gabe Watson.

An alligator that killed an 11-year-old girl bathing in a creek in northern Brazil has been killed by searchers with the victim still in its jaws, reports say.