Special envoys, while not representing ministerial positions, are high-profile jobs that require strong negotiation skills.

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The Newcastle Knights' signing from the NRL's Las Vegas combine, Marcus D'Acre, has joined the club until the end of next ...

Dispossessed Hunter landholders give evidence about how they have been affected by the Hunter Transmission Project.

A drug-affected car thief who ran over and killed a young "hero" policeman after the officer tasered him has been found ...

For months, Rongmei Yan thought she was exchanging text messages with her beloved daughter in Australia.

President Donald Trump has opened his four-day Middle East trip by paying a visit to Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler, Crown ...

An international expert has told Erin Patterson's triple-murder trial it is "challenging" to identify which mushrooms are ...

A SYDNEY plastic surgeon who used "sugar daddy" websites and social media to meet and groom six underage girls and sent them ...

Police have raided properties across Germany after the government banned a hard-right group it considers the biggest ...

EDUCATION, social science, business and pathway programs will be the first to be taught at the University of Newcastle's new ...

A court in Paris is due to hand down its verdict in the sexual assault trial of French actor Gerard Depardieu, in one of the ...