To celebrate the birth of their daughter, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have announced plans to donate 99 per cent of their shares in the social media company to improve the world.

A primary school has been slammed for permitting Muslim students to leave assembly when the Australian national anthem is played.

The leader of an Australian far right anti-Islam group United Patriots Front has quit, angry that his fellow ‘patriots’ had been mocking him.

There have been reports of a shooting incident at Charles Street in Parramatta.

Anti-abortion campaigner Troy Newman has lost his attempt to have his visa cancellation overturned in the High Court.

Distressing footage has been released of an African-American man in a wheelchair being shot dead by police after he refused to raise his hands.

A viral video is demonstrating just how swiftly karma can come back to bite.

The music publishing company that has been collecting royalties on the song "Happy Birthday To You" for years does not hold a valid copyright on the lyrics to the tune that is one of the mostly widely sung in the world, a federal judge rule ...

A driver has been filmed on dash cam testing the limits of their Ferrari, doing burnouts in the middle of one of Sydney’s busiest roads.

Most Australians agree the current revolving door approach to leadership in Canberra is absurd but it has taken a group of Taiwanese animators to show just how ridiculous Malcolm Turnbull's ousting of Tony Abbott must look to foreign observers.

A Colombian journalist has been shot dead by helmet-clad ‘assassin’, while standing outside the radio station where she worked.

Malcolm Turnbull has called for a leadership ballot against Tony Abbott and labelled him "utterly unfit to be prime minister".

You’d be forgiven for thinking Steve Casino is a bit nutty.

A cute moment between an elderly couple at the airport has captured the hearts of the internet.

The Flag Consideration Panel has unveiled the four alternative flag designs that New Zealanders will get to vote on later this year.

Strange footage of ants snapping into formation when an iPhone gets a call has the internet spellbound.

Miley Cyrus has hit the streets of LA disguised as an Australian news reporter in a skit for Jimmy Kimmel Live in America, asking passers by what they thought of the Wrecking Ball star.

Thai police have found and deactivated a bomb in Bangkok, according to the Head of the Police Explosives unit, nearly a week after a bomb killed 20 people in the popular tourist city.

A Toowoomba hiker claims to have snapped a photo of a ghost in a spot ‘known for suicides’.

Seven news can exclusively reveal that same-sex marriage is almost certain to become law after the next election.