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An appearance by officials from the Reserve Bank of Australia at a parliamentary committee has left observers even more convinced that more interest rate rises are on the way.

Labor is tightening visa rules for international students and backpackers, while increasing efforts to remove overstayers as it seeks greater control over migration.

Authorities in Saudi Arabia say they've intercepted a drone fired by Houthi rebels at Mecca. It's the latest sign of escalating tensions in a conflict which is threatening the transport of oil through the key Bab el- Mandeb strait.

China has rejected suggestions that the US should continue to impede China's advancement in artificial intelligence by maintaining restrictions on sales of high end chips and semiconductors.

Up to 600 jobs will be lost after South Australia's, Whyalla steelworks plant announced its shutting down its blast furnace.

Australians are marking the 25th anniversary of the shocking terror attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001.

The US President, Donald Trump has promised to give every American adult US $5000 if the Republicans win the mid-term elections in November.

The father of two Australian men killed in Mexico has told a court he does not hold animosity for their killers.

The federal government has released draft laws that would change Australians' social media feeds and allow people to decide if they want an algorithm to determine what they see.

One Nation's plan to give Australians early access to their superannuation to help with the cost of living is being criticised by the super industry, the government and some economists.

Two men have been rescued from a hydropower tunnel in Nepal, nine days after devastating floods hit the country.

Health groups have slammed the Coalition's plan to slash the tobacco tax by 80 per cent as a strategy to tackle the illicit tobacco market.

In Nepal and Tibet, the search for flood survivors continues with nearly 4,000 people still missing.

An Australian missing in the Himalayan flood disaster has been found safe in Tibet as more than one thousand people are confirmed to have died in the flash flood.

More than two-thousand-four-hundred people remain missing after last-week's flash floods in Nepal and Tibet including over 40 Australians.