After standing on a needle left in some grass, long-time resident Dave Lindsay wants to warn people about the increase of discarded drug paraphernalia in public spaces.

A powerful armed ethnic group in Myanmar says it has won control over a town in the western state of Rakhine after weeks of fighting, denying accusations it has targeted members of the Muslim-minority Rohingya during the offensive.

Wall Street edged higher on Friday's close, but it was enough to push the Dow Jones Index above 40,000 points for the first time and give the local market enough momentum to open in positive territory. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 

Nuclear ambitions, animosity with Israel and a hard line on women make Ebrahim Raisi a likely successor to Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

In a video on social media, the rapper apologises for the alleged assault on Cassie Ventura, in his first acknowledgement since a string of allegations against him began. 

Treasury has responded to a landlord lobby group's proposal to raise the tax-free threshold on land values by 200 per cent, saying land tax is "critically important" and pays for new roads, hospitals and wages.