"In my heart, I no longer believe that I have a realistic path of electoral victory in the face of this relentless, systematic censorship and media control," he said.
On August 24, 2001, a packed passenger jet ran out of fuel over the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, forcing the crew to make a perilous 120km glide to a remote island airfield.
In crazy scenes at the MCG, the clash between Collingwood and Melbourne was stopped with nine-and-a-half minutes left to play in the final term, due to lightning.
Italian rescuers brought ashore the body of the final missing person who was on a superyacht that sunk off the coast of Sicily, thought to be Mike Lynch's 18-year-old daughter Hannah.
Former Greens leader Bob Brown, who the tree was named after in 1999, is calling for someone to be held accountable after the government blamed a communication breakdown.
Demand for Foodbank aid has spiked by 35 per cent in 12 months, and many of the clients need the help despite having a job, or being able to hold a mortgage.
A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted on Thursday evening for the sixth time since December, spewing red lava through a new fissure on the Reykjanes Peninsula.
Two loved-up lions attempted to swim more than a kilometre to cross a croc-infested waterway, and it was all caught on camera by scientists in Australia.
The case is a 66-year-old European man who arrived in Thailand from an unspecified African country on August 14, Thailand's Department of Disease Control reported.