Fed up with the relentless stream of waste being offloaded by nations such as Britain and the US, Malaysia's government today ordered 3,737 metric tonnes of trash be returned.

Airlines are refusing to check in passengers trying to get on flights out of Australia if they are headed to locked down countries, as more and more close their borders against coronavirus.

Retiree Ray Daniels, who was 73, died in hospital last Thursday, just 48 hours after he suddenly became ill and collapsed in his Perth home.

The victim is in a critical but stable condition at Royal Perth Hospital after being transported from the state's north by the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

The former prime minister donned a breathing apparatus and oxygen tank in 45C heat as he fought a fire that engulfed a home in Bendalong over the weekend.

Every time a customer buys a 'Mermaids' biscuit at the counter, the US coffee chain will donate 50p to the British charity of the same name. It has also produced an ad lauding its cafes as 'safe spaces'.

The motorcyclist, driving along a highway in Surat Thani, southern Thailand, is forced to pull off a quick manoeuvre to avoid slamming in to a pickup truck's tail end.

JONATHAN McEVOY IN MEXICO CITY: Mercedes have opened contract talks with Lewis Hamilton in an attempt to help him write the most successful story in Formula One history.

The experiment would have seen the Saturday qualifying replaced with a sprint race, in which drivers lined up in reverse championship order, with the leading driver starting at the back.

Speaking in Rome on Friday, Pope Francis said it's 'a duty' to introduce 'the sin against ecology' to the Catholic Church's teachings as a way to protect 'our common home'.

In an eagerly-awaited document, Francis did not even refer to recommendations by Amazonian bishops to consider the ordination of married men and women deacons.

Some 5,476 people have died after testing positive for coronavirus across Italy, with more than 59,000 cases of the deadly virus confirmed.

Eliezer Grynfeld (pictured) died in Israel last week, leaving two children, five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Bloomberg's ranking of the world's richest families has revealed how heirs at the top of the list are watching their fortunes grow by millions of dollars every hour.

The former Texas congressman was applauded by a Democratic audience but an outspoken state GOP lawmaker was accused of issuing death threats with his response to O'Rourke.

Days after Walmart pulled a controversial sweater featuring a cartoon Santa Claus doing cocaine with the tagline 'Let It Snow' from its website, the infamous novelty item has now become a best-seller.

Donald Trump insisted Sunday that people stop panic buying and hoarding food and goods as the coronavirus death toll in the U.S. hit 63 and cases neared 3,500. 

The Kurdish forces who were guarding the al-Hol camp (pictured) have been distracted by the Turkish offensive and hundreds of guards have been pulled away.

The restrictions mean that Australian women and anyone over 14 in the Al-Hawl camp in Syria would be told who they can and can't associate with, banned from social media and meet curfews.

Controversy erupted at the White House on Monday after officials had to issue a correction regarding the gender of Conan, the hero dog who helped run down terror leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

A sex attacker - caught on CCTV wearing a puffer jacket and black flat cap - is being hunted by police after he grabbed his first victim from behind during morning rush hour in east London.

On Wednesday, November 6, commuters travelling on the London Underground won't be able to use the Central and the Waterloo and City Lines due to a Tube strike. Here is all you need to know

Workers on London Underground’s Central Line are to go on strike on the weekend before Christmas in a dispute over industrial relations, the RMT union announced.

And on Tuesday after voting in the election, Bush, 45, generated raised eyebrows again by seeming to suggest he had cast his ballot for Hillary Clinton.

The screenwriter Sarah Phelps has been taking liberties with Agatha Christie murder mysteries for quite some time. Plots are revised. Characters are redrawn or may be ejected

Tesco, Britain's biggest retailer, has prevented competitors from opening supermarkets in 23 locations in the UK, the Competition and Markets Authority watchdog said.

Nikki Spiers, 31, from London, became an internet hit in March after a WhatsApp emoji quiz she sent to her friends was shared around the world, and now she's back with a geography special.

The white Range Rover was hurled across Brighton Road in Purley, London, by the force of the impact. Police are searching for two men believed to have been involved in the crash.

Around 400 firefighters were mobilised to help tackle the blaze that engulfed the Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday. Yet there was criticism that the fire service had not responded quickly enough.

The fire at Notre Dame cathedral in Paris began around 7pm on Monday and the building was quickly evacuated. A firefighter explained the vast technical difficulties in tackling the blaze.

Kurt Russell blasted a reporter who suggested it was easy for terrorists to get hold of guns, simply replying: 'What are you gonna do? Outlaw everything?'

Adam Marr (pictured), 24, and three friends decided to dangerously walk across the transparent roof of Trinity Leeds retail outlet, some 100ft above the ground.

Police officer Patrick Hannon, 30, and public sector worker Jake Archer, 25, from Newcastle, say they were discriminated against by Jake's Bar in Leeds.

Emergency services were scrambled to the David Lloyd club in Tongue Lane, Leeds at 9.45am today. They found the three-year-old boy in the swimming pool but he later died in hospital.

Held on Ladies Day at the Aintree festival, the summit brings women in sport and business together to discuss how they continue to break down barriers and inspire others to follow suit.

Soldiers were pictured alongside the aircraft this afternoon and then seen scoping out the site, which is less than a mile from Aintree Hospital in Merseyside.

Mexican authorities recaptured 100 of more than 200 that fled an immigration station on Monday in southern Mexico as hundreds more remained stuck on the Suchiate River's shore.

A Hispanic student, who is a US citizen, says she was told by a teacher in Chicago to go back her country because she wouldn't stand during the national anthem at an assembly at her school.

The new Chancellor was beaming as he sat next to the Prime Minister despite the fact that yesterday he saw his boss Sajid Javid purged from the government.

The 47-year-old, who was born in London to Ugandan Asian parents of Gujarati descent, admitted they would not have made the cut were the system in place in the 1960s when they arrived.

Packed like sardines as they wait to clear immigration and collect their luggage, there was disturbingly little evidence of social distancing to help fight coronavirus at Heathrow Airport today.

Safwat Abdel-Hady was reportedly set upon by a furious Lone Wolf bikie after complaining about 'widespread' drug use at the immigration detention facility in Sydney.

A 25-year-old man has been charged for allegedly smashing a dining room in the Perth Immigration Detention Centre in Redcliffe in March this year.

Hope Hicks pushed President Trump to take control of the coronavirus briefings, which popped up his approval ratings for a few weeks, but have more recently tilted toward political disaster.

More than 700 detainees have been released from immigration centres up and down the UK, according to official figures revealed today.

A stomach-churning 122,133 tests were performed on the Farnborough, Hampshire, centrifuge which operated from 1955 until its decommissioning in March 2019.

Neighbours say the plans could impact the village store and butcher. They also claim development would blight an area of outstanding natural beauty in West Oxfordshire.

The actor, 41, makes an appearance on the hit BBC show alongside his cousin Emilia, 45, for Sunday's edition of Top Gear.

The club's sporting director Eric Abidal and CEO Oscar Grau reportedly linked up with the former midfielder in Doha this week following Barca's Spanish Super Cup defeat to Atletico Madrid.

The kingdom's immigration department claimed 'regulatory provisions on travel documents would be applied' to citizens who travel to the Asian nation.