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FRIDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2016

El Salvador issues tsunami alert after 7.2 offshore quake

A Pacific Ocean earthquake with a 7.2 magnitude shook El Salvador and Nicaragua on Thursday, officials said, an hour after a powerful hurricane hit Nicaragua's Caribbean coast.

IS truck bomb in Iraq sows carnage among Shiite pilgrims

A suicide bombing claimed by the Islamic State group killed at least 70 people, mainly Shiite pilgrims, south of Baghdad Thursday, in the latest jihadist attack as Iraqi forces battle to retake Mosul.

Aussie teen home after Bali nightmare

Jamie Murphy's Bali ordeal is over with the Australian teen landing safely back in Perth overnight where he was whisked away through a secret airport exit.

Don Dale a prison of 'despair': report makes 172 recommendations

A new report into the NT's notorious Don Dale Youth Detention Centre has called for it to be shut down amid rampant structural and operational failings.

Thousands flee bushfires as Israel alleges 'arson terror'

Tens of thousands of Israelis fled raging bushfires in the northern city of Haifa Thursday, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said any proof of arson would be treated as 'terror'.

US police 'openly laughing' at man's genitals and accent during strip search

An Israeli man is suing New Jersey police, claiming officers unjustly strip-searched him and made fun of his genitals and accent.

New push for palm oil labelling to help save critically endangered orangutans

The world's leading orangutan scientist is urging Australians to support the campaign for mandatory labelling of palm oil in all food products.

'Deportation would tear our family apart': GP makes last-ditch plea for family to stay in Australia

A Bangladeshi doctor and her two children are facing deportation after her daughter's developmental delay lead to the rejection of their application to stay in Australia.

A long way from Mount Sinjar: Wagga Wagga welcomes Yazidi refugees

Families continue to arrive each month to join a growing community of Yazidi refugees in regional New South Wales.

Hanson decries reverse racism in Australia

Pauline Hanson says Australians are fed up with reverse racism and being tolerant of immigrants with no intention of assimilating.

Parents urged to stop lying about Santa

Parents have been told by experts that spinning stories about Santa Claus risks undermining a child's trust and is morally suspect.

Chinese tourists to trial 10-year multiple entry visas to Australia

In a new deal between Australia and China, a 10-year visa that allows for multiple entries will be trialled for Chinese tourists.

Comment: 'Authoring change is what we do as blackfellas'

Award-winning author and Mununjali woman Ellen van Neerven examines her identity and what being Indigenous means to her.

AFP investigates death threats against Labor MP Anne Aly

Labor MP Anne Aly has received a deluge of death threats after Immigration Minister Peter Dutton criticised Lebanese Muslim immigration to Australia in the 1970s.