Afghan authorities have arrested six people who are accused of plotting to assassinate President Hamid Karzai. One of the president's bodyguards is among those arrested. The Afghan government says the alleged plotters have links to the militant Haqqani network. Several of Mr Karzai's allies, including his brother, have been killed over recent months. 

 

A man will face court today, charged over a double homicide in the south-western Victorian town of Casterton. Two men were stabbed to death and another two were injured in a neighbourhood dispute on Tuesday night. Police arrested the 31-year-old man in Mt Gambier in South Australia. 

 

An Australian man has pleaded guilty in a US federal court for accepting bribes while working as a contractor in Afghanistan. Neil Campbell had been working for an organisation, rebuilding schools and hospitals. He's accused of accepting a $10,000 bribe for funnelling projects to an Indian subcontractor. Campbell faces up to 10 years in jail and a $250,000 fine. 

 

And a refugee who's been living in Australia for 10 years has been jailed by an Indonesian court for people smuggling. Heidar Ali was arrested by Indonesian police in May.