Former Dublin Gaelic footballer and current Melbourne Demons President Jim Stynes has revealed he has cancer.

A British-born terror suspect was asked by senior al-Qaida figures in Afghanistan to recruit Australian Muslims to be trained in explosives and sniper techniques, a court heard today.

A British-born terror suspect accused of plotting to bomb the Israeli embassy in Canberra told a journalist that US interests in Australia were legitimate terror targets, a court heard today.