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An Australian woman accused of slavery offences linked to Islamic State has been refused bail for a second time, after a court found she remained an unacceptable risk to the community because of concerns over her extremist beliefs. Zeinab Ahmad, 31, was arrested after returning to Melbourne in May from a Syrian detention camp with family members of former Islamic State fighters. She is charged with enslavement and using a slave in relation to a Yazidi teenager allegedly held by her family in Syria. The Victorian Court of Appeal upheld an earlier decision to keep her in custody. Justice James…

Stefany Shaheen has won the Democratic primary for New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District, overcoming Maura Sullivan and several other rivals to keep her family’s political presence at the centre of the state’s electoral map. Shaheen, the eldest daughter of Democratic senator Jeanne Shaheen, will now face Republican Anthony DiLorenzo in November for the seat being vacated by Congressman Chris Pappas, who is running for the Senate. The district is expected to be closely fought. Kamala Harris carried it by only two percentage points in the 2024 presidential election, making the contest one of the more competitive House races in New…

A $1,000 reward has been offered for information leading to an arrest in the unsolved murder of 23-year-old John Austin Schuoler in Kirkland, Washington, nearly 20 years after he was killed. Schuoler was found dead in his apartment on 15 September 2006. The King County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled that he had died from blunt-force trauma, and no one has been charged in connection with the case. According to investigators, Schuoler spent the previous day off work meeting a friend for lunch, shopping in nearby Bellevue and returning home at about 7pm. Friends and his flatmate were at the apartment…

The Melbourne Cricket Ground has been transformed for the NFL’s first regular-season game in Australia, with the Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers set to meet before a sell-out crowd on Friday, September 11. The AFL and cricket venue now carries the full American football layout, including yard lines, hash marks, numbers, goalposts, painted end zones and team logos. The match will kick off at 10.35am local time, with the NFL expecting about 100,000 spectators at the MCG. ([nfl.com](https://www.nfl.com/international/games/melbourne/?utm_source=openai)) The field has not been positioned perfectly centrally because both teams wanted to use the existing AFL coaches’ boxes at…

Brent crude moved towards $100 a barrel on Wednesday, 9 September, as renewed fighting in the Middle East heightened fears of further disruption to oil supplies. The rise unsettled Asian markets, although the yen strengthened against the dollar in defiance of the usual relationship between higher energy prices and Japan’s import-dependent economy. Brent futures rose by more than $1 in early trading to around $99 a barrel, having briefly reached $99.46 on Tuesday before settling at $97.92. Prices have climbed sharply since the start of August as hopes of a lasting resolution to the six-month-old conflict have faded. The latest…

Manvel city leaders have voted unanimously to end the Texas city’s use of Flock license-plate-reading cameras, with Mayor Dan Davis ordering officials to stop funding the system and begin removing it. The six-member vote took place during a public hearing on Tuesday, September 8, after residents, law-enforcement officials and representatives of Flock Safety addressed concerns about the programme. Under the decision, Manvel will give Flock 30 days’ notice that it is terminating its agreement. The city also plans to cover its cameras within 24 to 48 hours, preventing them from being used while the contract winds down. ([cityofmanvel.com](https://cityofmanvel.com/Calendar.aspx?EID=863&calType=0&day=1&month=9&year=2026&utm_source=openai)) Manvel approved…

Golden Dragon Mining has reported fresh high-grade gold results from its Cue project in Western Australia, including a four-metre intersection grading 6.98 grams per tonne from only 44 metres at the Behring Bore prospect. The result was matched by a series of strong re-assays from nearby Coodardy, where drilling returned 11 metres at 6.42 grams per tonne from 45 metres, including a one-metre section grading 59.2 grams per tonne. Behring Bore and Coodardy are about 400 metres apart in the Murchison region, an established gold-producing district that includes Westgold Resources’ 2.3-million-ounce Big Bell mine. High-grade gold system extended at Coodardy…

Nicola Peltz and Brooklyn Beckham put on a united display at the Deauville Film Festival on Tuesday, sharing a kiss on the red carpet as they joined the celebrations for Faye Dunaway. The couple arrived in France after appearing in Venice, where Peltz had been recognised with a Rising Star award at the Kineo Awards over the weekend. Peltz, 31, wore an elegant white frilled gown for the occasion, while Brooklyn, 27, stood close beside her as photographers captured them smiling and embracing. The actress was also pictured alongside Dunaway, who received the Deauville Icon Award at the 52nd American…

Kellie Finlayson has revealed she is currently dealing with liver failure while continuing treatment for terminal bowel cancer. The 30-year-old Australian, who is married to former Port Adelaide footballer Jeremy Finlayson, disclosed the worrying development during an Instagram question-and-answer session. Asked how her treatment was progressing, she replied: “I don’t think anything is ever going as to plan as anyone would let you believe, but I’m ‘OK’ in medical terms right now besides my liver playing funny buggers (failing) lol.” Finlayson had briefly referred to the issue in a temporary Instagram story the previous week, before addressing it again during…

Federal investigators are examining runway safety measures and the actions of the pilots after an Amazon cargo jet overran a runway at Miami International Airport, killing five people in vehicles beyond the airport boundary. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said the Boeing 767, operated by 21 Air as Flight 7598, ran beyond the end of Runway 30 while landing on Sunday, 6 September. It had flown from San Juan in Puerto Rico. The aircraft travelled about 1,300ft beyond the paved runway before striking a van used by an aircraft-cleaning company and then hitting an SUV on a nearby road.…