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Kawsar Ahmad, 53, and Zeinab Ahmad, 31, appear in Melbourne as Janai Safar, 32, due to face Sydney court on separate charges including joining a terrorist organisationTwo Australian women charged with committing crimes against humanity including slavery offences during the rule of Islamic State in Syria have faced a Melbourne court.Kawsar Ahmad, 53, also known as Abbas, and her daughter Zeinab Ahmad, 31, were arrested by officers from the Victorian joint counter-terrorism team (JCTT) at Melbourne airport on Thursday. Continue reading...

Appeal launched to buy Nottinghamshire cottage, where tree was planted in 19th century, and turn it into heritage centreCampaigners have launched an appeal to try to save for the nation the mother tree of perhaps the most popular cooking apple in the world.The original bramley apple tree, which grows in the garden of a cottage in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, is for sale, with the cottage put on the market by its owners, Nottingham Trent University. Continue reading...

Police say ‘no suspicious circumstances’ while local councillor argues ‘tragedy’ shows housing crisis has gotten out of hand in regional AustraliaFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA baby has been found dead in a tent in regional New South Wales, prompting renewed calls to address homelessness across regional Australia.Police were called to a homeless encampment near Wagga beach on the Murrumbidgee River on Saturday, where they found a 37-year-old woman with two infants, one of whom was deceased. Continue reading...

Rey is teaching Sunny, aged about two weeks, all her adopted baby needs to know to fend for herselfBefore last month, a young southern sea otter named Rey would never have imagined she would be a mother.That changed when she met Sunny, a pup – about two weeks old – found orphaned and alone on Asilomar state beach in February. The pairing went off without a hitch. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Letter sent to government about case of Inuit woman whose baby was removed after now-banned testThe United Nations has warned Denmark that the treatment of a Greenlandic mother whose newborn child was removed by Danish authorities as a result of controversial parenting competency tests “may amount to ethnic discrimination”.Keira Alexandra Kronvold’s daughter, Zammi, was taken away from her when she was two hours old and placed in foster care in November 2024 after Kronvold was subjected to so-called FKU (parental competence) psychometric tests. At the time, she was told that the test was to see if she was “civilised enough”. Continue reading...

Coleen Lamarre, 63, charged with perverting the course of justice in relation to trial over alleged murders of Luke Davies and Jesse BairdFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe mother of a former police officer who allegedly murdered Luke Davies and Jesse Baird two years ago has been charged after allegedly attempting to influence a key witness to change their evidence in her son’s trial.New South Wales police said Coleen Lamarre, 63, was arrested in Balmain and charged with perverting the course of justice, which carries a maximum prison sentence of 14 years. Continue reading...

James Lawhead was arrested after forensic DNA analysis lead in decades-old killing of Cindy WannerSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxA 64-year-old man was arrested last week in connection to a decades-old murder investigation that had long haunted an affluent suburb of Sacramento, where it occurred.On 25 November 1991, Cindy Wanner, 35, vanished from her sister’s home in Granite Bay, California. Her husband arrived to the residence with their four-year-old daughter and found their 11-month-old baby alone, wailing and strapped to a high chair. Three weeks later, Wanner’s body was discovered 40 miles away in a secluded wooded area. She had died from strangulation. Continue reading...