Refugee crisis news headlines

A boat loaded with migrants ran out of fuel, leaving desperate migrants without any food or water.

Small and subtle, the blue ribbons worn by many celebrities at the Oscars nonetheless had an important message.

A Ukrainian mother and daughter who sought sanctuary in Australia tell how the conflict has impacted their lives.

The government said it has briefed Indonesian and Sri Lankan officials amid fears in a resurgence of unauthorised boat arrivals.

Foreign Minister Marise Payne said evidence of alleged war crimes was "horrific beyond description".

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has today condemned reports of civilian massacres by Russian forces in Ukraine.

Ukrainian troops moved cautiously to retake territory north of the country's capital on Saturday, using cables to pull the bodies of civilians off the streets

Russian forces bombarded areas around Kyiv and another city, just hours after pledging to scale back military operations in those places.

One-off $250 payments; tax relief for millions; fuel excise halved.

Missing four-year-old girl in Tasmania found; Coronavirus cases drop in NSW, Victoria, but hospitalisations rise; China set to sign Pacific security deal on Australia's doorstep

Russia has been accused of taking more than 400,000 Ukrainian civilians to Russia against their will.

WA to ease COVID-19 rules next week; Barty addresses retirement; Two killed in NSW crash

With Wednesday marking four full weeks of fighting, Russia is bogged down in a grinding military campaign, with no immediate end in sight.

Ash Barty announces retirement from tennis; Top doctors to meet over COVID-19 spike; WA's COVID-19 cases rise to 8,429

Ukrainian President 'prepared to swap NATO membership plans for cease-fire'; Tickets for Shane Warne state funeral on offer; No survivors found in China Eastern plane crash

Ukrainians are repurposing military equipment abandoned by the Russian army — or captured from it.

At least eight people have been killed in a Russian attack on a shopping centre in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.

Man charged with murder after body of elderly Gold Coast woman found; Two-year-old child dies after contracting COVID-19.

The Russian demand came hours after Ukrainian authorities said Moscow's forces bombed an art school that was sheltering about 400 people.

According to the UNHCR, about 1.8 million refugees — roughly the population of the Polish capital of Warsaw — have ended up in Poland.

'Severe' bleaching in Great Barrier Reef; Claims of bullying in Labor party; NSW records more than 20,000 new COVID-19 cases.

More people added to flood payments list after anger; Mass casualty fears after Ukraine shelter bombed; Australia's unemployment rate falls to lowest level in over 13 years

Russia takes 500 people hostage in Ukraine; Murder charges laid over Sydney boarding house fire; New Zealand to reopen borders

US President Joe Biden will travel to Europe next week for face-to-face talks with European leaders about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced this morning.

Cruise ship ban to end; Police treating Sydney boarding house fire which killed three as murder; Assange denied appeal over extradition.

WA Health Minister says COVID-19 case numbers will 'peak soon'; COVID-19 cases fall in NSW; Flights to Bali resume; NSW flood crisis response in the spotlight

Warning of storms, more rain for east coast; Health Minister flags fourth booster shot; Tributes to Kimberley Kitching

Almost 3000 homes in NSW Northern Rivers uninhabitable; Major expansion of defence force; South Australia drops many COVID-19 rules

Prime Minister visits flood-hit Lismore, NSW; Disaster relief payments expanded for people in worst-hit areas; 'Scary' storms on way for already devastated regions

Deluge and winds leave thousands without power; NSW evacuation orders impact 40,000 people; Bodies pulled from Sydney floodwaters; Northern Beaches inundated

Hawkesbury and Nepean flooding could be 'worse than last week'; Bystanders praised after fiery crash on Sydney Harbour Bridge; US claims Russia has fired 600 missiles against Ukraine targets

Russian state news agencies are reporting the Russian military will observe a ceasefire in two areas of Ukraine starting today to allow civilians to evacuate

Putin calls on countries to normalise relations with Moscow; Russia captures biggest nuclear power plant in Ukraine; Fire at Zaporizhzhia plant extinguished

Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to press on with his invasion of Ukraine his French counterpart warns.

The games have angered some refugee advocates who claim the Australian government's gamification and dehumanisation of the refugee plight is wrong.

Two Tunisian women have sparked controversy with their posts — which show seemingly carefree trips across the Mediterranean, landing in Italy, and travelling around Europe taking selfies next to landmarks.

As many as 1000 desperate and increasingly frustrated migrants are still staked out near the border crossing.

The Tamil family will be permitted to live in Perth in a community detention placement.

The mother of the Biloela family deported to Christmas Island in 2018 has spoken to 9News from her daughter's bedside.

A young Australian girl collapsed in a Syrian refugee camp due to malnutrition, an aid group says, amid concerns worsening conditions will result in a child's death.

Just over 200 refugees and asylum seekers remain in Australian offshore detention centres, after almost 1000 were resettled in the US.

The atrocities have been seared into the skin and minds of Tigrayans, who shelter by the thousands within sight of the homeland they fled in northern Ethiopia.

Peter Dutton has ruled out extracting 66 Australian women and children trapped in refugee camps in Syria, saying he won't put defence personnel at risk to help them.

The mother of a man who drowned alongside his toddler daughter while trying to cross into Texas says she takes some comfort in knowing “they died in each other’s arms.”

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced that the last asylum-seeker children are leaving Nauru and heading to the US with their families.

Former senator Jacqui Lambie and a film crew were caught up in an attack by suspected Islamic State fighters while filming in war-torn Syria.

A coroner says an Iranian man who died from a treatable leg infection should be alive, and Australia must do more to protect the people it locks up offshore.

The federal government has brought a dying Afghan refugee, who was being held on Nauru, to Australia for palliative care after intense public outcry.

Hundreds of migrants are stranded off the Italian coast as Italy and neighbouring countries refuse to offer assistance because of political red tape.

Intense Syrian government shelling and airstrikes on rebel-held Damascus suburbs killed nearly 130 people in two days, marking some of the deadliest bombardment of the rebellious region in three years, a monitoring group and paramedics claimed.