A small group of Australian women who travelled or were taken to Syria as partners of Islamic State members, as well as their children, have managed to smuggle themselves out of the country and have now returned home, after years of being stranded overseas.

South Australian Police are scaling back the search for a four-year-old boy, who disappeared in the state’s mid-north almost a week ago.

Former NSW Police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon tells a Supreme Court judge that he "will not be silenced" and declared "the truth will prevail".

A Labor MP puts his party on notice after a hearing into the proposed 'Thriving Kids' autism service delivers little detail, warning that the lack of information is causing families "significant anxiety".

Leading members of Australian Jewish communities are reeling after a fatal attack at a synagogue in the UK on the holy day of Yom Kippur.

A witness says the attacker crashed his car and then began "stabbing anyone near him" before trying to get into the synagogue.