New York Truck Attacker 'Inspired' by so-called Islamic State

President Trump says he's ordered border officials to step up the vetting of foreigners travelling to the United States after a terror attack in New York that's killed at least eight people.

Indigenous land owners in Australia have announced a ban on climbing one of the country's best known landmarks, Uluru - the giant red sandstone monolith, formerly known as Ayres Rock - which they view as sacred.

Scientists are racing to understand as much as possible about a mysterious projectile which appears to be the first object from another solar system to be observed and confirmed by astronomers before it leaves again for good.