Police 'recommence' reporting of child abuse by staff after eight-month gap
Police advised the child safety regulator that officers were not covered by the mandatory reporting act. (ABC News: Luke Bowden)
· Madeleine Rojahn
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· Nick Pearson
Federal immigration officers shoot migrant in California arrest attempt
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal immigration officers shot and wounded a migrant in central California on Tuesday while trying to arrest him, authorities said.
French couple leave Iran after more than three years in jail
A French couple who spent more than three years in an Iranian prison on espionage charges are on their way home, French President Emmanuel Macron says.
· George Wright
Acting AG Blanche says only Trump knows why Bondi was replaced
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks during a news conference regarding developments in the Trump Administration’s anti-fraud efforts, at the Justice Department in Washington, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
· Eric Tucker
French nationals return home following Iran prison release
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that two French nationals who were detained in Iran for more than three years before being released last year, were returning to France following negotiations led by Oman.
· Al Jazeera
Zach has seen prisons from the inside. He says they're just 'breeding criminals'
Experts say investment in youth mental health services, not detention centres, will help to address the causes of crime. (ABC News: Billy Cooper)
· Kirstie Wellauer
Mel Kawa 'felt like a fraud' promoting her sport while playing for nothing
Mel Kawa believes greater investment in women's sport is long overdue. (Getty Images for Rugby Australia: Chris Hyde)
· Kate Ohalloran
Ben Roberts-Smith arrest timeline: How we got here
Ben Roberts-Smith has previously denied the allegations levelled against him. (AAP: Bianca De Marchi)
· Jamie Mckinnell
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Jamie McKinnell is a reporter and digital producer with ABC News in Sydney. He studied at the University of Queensland and began his journalism career in Brisbane, later working as a court and state political reporter. Jamie moved to Australian Associated Press in 2014 and transferred to Sydney in 2017. He has also …
Mamdani opens luxe $241M hospital ward for inmates— complete with basketball court —as he pushes to close Rikers
Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday announced the opening of a new, quarter billion hospital unit for city inmates complete with specialty care and access to “therapeutic settings.”
· Matthew Fischetti
Damning texts reveal the truth about sex attack scandal engulfing school water polo superstars
A water polo star accused of racially abusing a black teammate and subjecting him to sexual assault at their $50,000-a-year private school in Los Angeles apologized for his actions in damning texts, court documents show.
· Jeremy Louwerse
Eala downs clay-court specialist Grabher, enters 2nd round at Linz
MANILA, Philippines — Alex Eala overcame a tough challenge from clay-court specialist and home bet Julia Grabher, 6-4, 6-3, at the Design Linz Center in Austria to enter the WTA 500 Linz Open second round early Wednesday in Manila.
· Niel Victor C. Masoy
4 Texas teens allegedly kidnapped, tortured classmate for talking to one of their girlfriends
Four 17-year-old Texas students allegedly kidnapped and tortured their classmate at gunpoint because he was talking to one of their girlfriends, according to police.
· Patrick Reilly
Two IDF officers, civilian face indictment in alleged Gaza aid-truck smuggling scheme
Military and civilian prosecutors on Tuesday filed prosecutors’ declarations ahead of indictments against two IDF officers and a civilian suspected of exploiting humanitarian aid trucks to smuggle prohibited goods into the Gaza Strip for profit, in the latest in a growing wartime cluster of Gaza-smuggling cases. Acc…
· SARAH BEN-NUN
Angel Reese is a bronzed goddess in her first Victoria’s Secret campaign
Angel Reese is taking it from the court to the beach.
· Avery Matera
Donald Trump Jr. criticizes EU during trip to Bosnia
Police officers stand in front of the Palace of the Republic prior visit of Donald Trump Jr. and meetings with representatives of the authorities of the Republika Srpska, in Banja Luka, Bosnia, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Radivoje Pavicic)
Taylor Frankie Paul accuses Dakota Mortensen of ‘slamming her head’ against car dashboard in violent fight as she files restraining order
Taylor Frankie Paul has filed for a temporary restraining order against Dakota Mortensen, accusing her ex of assault, harassment and stalking, Page Six has learned.
· Bernie Zilio
Meta employee in London accused of downloading 30,000 private Facebook images
Police investigating as former worker is suspected of having designed program to avoid security checks
· Aisha Down
Judge tosses PETA lawsuit against the American Kennel Club
The pug group is judged outside at the 145th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, June 12, 2021, in Tarrytown, N.Y. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
· Jennifer Peltz
First Nation asks court to block Alberta referendum on seceding from Canada
Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation has asked a court to halt the separatist push, arguing it would violate their treaty rights
· Leyland Cecco
The Levittown house helped shape the American suburb
Two police patrol on the sidewalk, far left, in front of the newly-purchased home of William Myers, a black man who bought the house in this all-white community in Levittown, Penn, Aug. 16, 1957. (AP Photo/Bill Ingraham, File)
· Deepti Hajela
Strictly star will not face rape charges, police say
An unnamed star from Strictly Come Dancing who was arrested on suspicion of rape last year will not face criminal charges, police have said.
· Steven McIntosh
‘We still deserve due process,’ says Cambodian man deported by US to Eswatini
Pheap Rom was one of 15 people sent to prison in African kingdom last year despite completing US sentences
· Rebecca Ratcliffe, Rachel Savage
Deere & Co agrees to pay $99 million to settle 'right to repair' lawsuit
A person walks on an X9 1100 combine at the John Deere booth during the CES tech show, Jan. 6, 2026, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
· Wyatte Grantham Philips
Three gunmen open fire on police outside Israeli consulate in Istanbul
Three assailants opened fire at police outside a building housing the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday, sparking a gunfight that left one attacker dead, Turkish officials said. The two other assailants were wounded and captured.
· AfricaNews
Court asked to lift halt on closing Everglades immigration detention center
Trucks come and go from the “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, in Collier County, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
· Mike Schneider
Pentagon abruptly cancels Hegseth media briefing as military assault on Iran is underway
WASHINGTON — Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s planned press conference on Tuesday was abruptly canceled without explanation hours in advance, as the US began striking Kharg Island, where roughly 90% of Iran’s oil is handled.
· Ryan King
Peter Greste warns court finding about animal cruelty footage has grave consequences for press freedom
Finding set to have significant implications for the use of covertly-recorded footage by media outlets to expose wrongdoing
· Christopher Knaus
Ben Roberts-Smith is back in court, now as a defendant. His case reminds us that there are laws even amid war
The former soldier’s previous defamation trial presents the rare situation of there being hours of evidence of his alleged crimes already on the public record
· Ben Doherty
'I am innocent,' French ex-president Sarkozy tells appeals court in Libya funding case
French former President Nicolas Sarkozy maintained his innocence at an appeal hearing in Paris on Tuesday over his conspiracy conviction last year, saying that not a single cent from Libya helped fund his 2007 presidential campaign.
· AfricaNews
Gunfight outside Israeli consulate in Istanbul leaves attacker dead
Police outside the Israeli consulate in Istanbul. (REUTERS/Murad Sezer)
Murder suspect in ICE custody is accused of luring teen into ambush where he begged for his life
An 18-year-old murder suspect is being held on an immigration detainer after prosecutors say he helped lure a 15-year-old Missouri boy into a deadly ambush where the teen begged for his life.
· Fox News
Krasnodar Vice Governor Arrested on Fraud Charges
The vice governor of the southern Krasnodar region was placed in pre-trial detention on Tuesday, as state prosecutors detailed a sprawling corruption case involving illegal business mergers, hidden cash and more than $1 billion in seized assets.
· The Moscow Times
Who owes Africa? The global reparations debate - [Africanews Debates]
Days after the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade the “gravest crime against humanity,” the global conversation has shifted from recognition to a more contentious question: who owes Africa?
· AfricaNews
Iraq sentences 11 ISIS members to death for plotting attacks on state | The National
Iraq's Central Criminal Court sentenced 11 members of an ISIS cell to death on Tuesday for plotting attacks on state institutions.
· Sinan Mahmoud
Iran has allowed two French former detainees to leave, Macron says
PARIS (AP) — Iran has allowed two French former detainees, Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris, to leave the country, French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday. They had been holed up in French diplomatic premises there since their release from prison.
Gunmen open fire near Israeli consulate building in Istanbul
Three gunmen were involved in a shootout with police near the Israeli consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday, leaving one attacker dead and two wounded and in custody, Turkish authorities said.
· Milena Wälde
Police, labor industry probe alleged assault of migrant worker with air gun
HWASEONG, South Korea, April 7 (Yonhap) -- Police said Tuesday they have launched an investigation into allegations that the head of a manufacturing company in Hwaseong, south of Seoul, assaulted a foreign worker by blasting compressed air into his body.
· Kim Han-joo
JD Vance slams Brussels ‘bureaucrats’ for meddling in Hungary before election
BUDAPEST — U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday insisted that Brussels rather than Washington was interfering in Hungarian politics before a crunch election on April 12, which will decide the future of key MAGA ally Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
· Jamie Dettmer, Max Griera
France ex-president Sarkozy challenges conviction over alleged Libya funding
He was found guilty in September of criminal conspiracy and sentenced to 5 years in prison
· Associated Press
France ex-president Sarkozy challenges conviction over alleged Libya funding
He was found guilty in September of criminal conspiracy and sentenced to 5 years in prison
· Associated Press
Black nonprofits didn't see lasting philanthropic commitments made after George Floyd's murder
Asiaha Butler, the co-founder of the Resident Association of Greater Englewood, looks to outside from her office in Chicago, Monday, April 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
· James Pollard
Parents charged after toddler injured at Hersheypark zoo wolf enclosure
HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) — The parents of a toddler who suffered a minor injury at a Pennsylvania theme park zoo after squeezing through a fence near a wolf enclosure and making contact with one of the animals have been charged with endangering the welfare of children, police said.
Turkish police shoot three gunmen in clash outside Israel's Istanbul consulate
Police "neutralised" three gunmen in a firefight outside Israel's consulate in Istanbul, authorities said, with one attacker killed and two others severely wounded.
· Middleeasteye
Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham’s stalker charged after unknown substance horror attack
Lindsey Buckingham’s stalker has been charged with multiple felonies after attacking the former Fleetwood Mac guitarist with an unknown substance.
· Eric Todisco
What’s Iran’s 10-point peace plan that Trump says is ‘not good enough’?
Video released by Iranian police was said to show Iranian forces firing at an aircraft over Isfahan
· Al Jazeera
Australia cricket legend David Warner faces court over drink-driving charge
Batsman tested positive after roadside stop in Sydney
· Australian Associated Press