The funeral was held at a prominent Sydney mosque on Sunday.

Sydney police hunt gunman who fired at funeral venue

No-one was wounded and they later found an abandoned car linked to the shooting set alight

Australia seizes 100,000 cockroaches in breeder bust

Madagascar and dubia cockroaches worth $140,000 taken in raid

A handout photo taken on May 26, 2026 and received on June 5, 2026 from the Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water (DCCEEW) shows some of the 100,000 contraband cockroaches found in a raid on a commercial breeder in the town of Bathurst, west of Sydney.

Afghan women's soccer team rises again

FIFA recognition crowns years of struggle for displaced Afghan women players

Afghan women's players pose for a team photo during a training session in Auckland, New Zealand, Tuesday, June 2, 2026.

Droughts, extreme heat: Is ‘super’ El Nino coming?

UN forecasts 80% chance of El Nino emerging between June and August as Pacific waters warm

Head of climate prediction services at the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Wilfran Moufouma-Okia points on graphs displayed on a computer screen at the WMO headquarters in Geneva, on June 1, 2026.

Even moderately hot days raise risk of koala deaths

Climate-driven hot days push already vulnerable koala populations closer to brink

This photo released by Nadia Tugwell, shows a koala inside Tugwell's car in Adelaide, Australia on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. The koala has been rescued after causing a five-car pileup while trying to cross a six-lane freeway in southern Australia.

Sydney light show called off after drones crash

Company behind drone performance blamed a change in radio frequency for the disaster

A show featuring dozens of drones in Sydney was called off after the gadgets malfunctioned and fell into the water.

IS-linked Australian women charged with keeping 'slave'

Mother and daughter accused of crimes against humanity after return from Syria

A woman walks in the al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria's Hasakeh province, where tens of thousands of mostly women and children linked to the Islamic State group have been living for years. File photo taken on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025.

Australia to establish 1B-litre national fuel stockpile

Government-owned reserve aims to secure diesel and jet fuel amid global turmoil

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

‘Butter Chicken Tsunami’ remark sparks outrage in NZ

‘It’s unacceptable and politicians shouldn’t be making statements like he has’

"I don't care how much criticism we get, I am just never going to agree with a butter chicken tsunami coming to New Zealand," Jones told Reality Check Radio.

New Zealand capital in local emergency as rains persist

Residents urged to stay alert, avoid floodwaters, prepare for possible evacuations

The state of emergency is still in place for Wellington city, Hutt city, and Wairarapa

One dead after car hits pedestrians in Melbourne

Police have arrested a man and the investigation remains ongoing

Man arrested after fatal car crash into pedestrians in Melbourne suburb

Supertyphoon flips cars, rips away roofs on US islands

Flooding, outages and debris across US Pacific islands after monster typhoon

Supertyphoon flips over cars, rips away roofs on US islands in the Pacific Ocean

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