The fate of missing nine-year-old Yadav Munohur remains a mystery, with police admitting they have no leads two full days after the boy vanished in Melbourne.

The Bulldogs have won a NSW Supreme Court injunction blocking runaway NRL star Sonny Bill Williams from playing rugby union in France.

Malaysian Airlines has defended its maintenance of Qantas aircraft, saying experts from the Australian carrier signed off on all repairs.

Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson may have travelled 17,000km from home, but he's still facing leadership questions.

The seizure of the world's largest ecstasy haul has caused a major disruption to organised crime in Australia and overseas, Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty said.

Three West Australian men who mysteriously disappeared while sailing off the north Queensland coast were killed in a freak accident, the Queensland coroner has found.

AAP - Australian award winning rock band Wolfmother has broken up, citing long-standing personal and musical differences.

AAP - US-based alcoholic drinks maker Constellation Brands Inc will cut 350 jobs from its Australian workforce in a restructure of its Australian operations expected to cost $140 million.

AAP - Coopers Brewery has scrapped a major advertising campaign after complaints from monarchists that it used a political statement as a slogan.

AAP - British toddler Madeleine McCann could have been abducted "to order" for a Belgian pedophile ring, Portuguese police files suggest.