President Donald Trump says Iran will be met with "great force" if it attempts anything against US interests in the Middle East, adding that Tehran has been very hostile toward Washington.

There's been a statistical surge in the number of Australians looking at a move to New Zealand following last week's election.

Caster Semenya will compete in the 3000m at the Diamond League's Prefontaine Classic in Stanford, California on June 30, a distance she can race without reducing her testosterone levels.

The Eiffel Tower has been evacuated and closed after a man scaled nearly to the top of the Paris monument and refused to come down for several hours.

The parents of a newborn baby in Germany left their precious bundle in the taxi as they alighted at their home after leaving the hospital where the baby was born.

Mitchell Moses says Cooper Cronk has served as an inspiration throughout his NRL career.

Queensland's Labor government has been warned to think hard about its handling of Adani's plans to dig a new coal mine, with federal and state MPs saying it stopped Labor winning federal government.

Before drawing a curtain on a spectacular 16-year NRL career, Cooper Cronk wants one more premiership.

Tasmanian police officers injured in the line of duty are forced to take a pay cut while they recover but politicians are being urged to end the policy.

Members of Australia's largest women's organisation will lobby the NSW government to ban vehicles with offensive signage from the state's roads.