Former Home and Away star Orpheus Pledger has been arrested after a three-day police manhunt in Australia.
Pledger, 30, is facing four charges for allegedly assaulting a woman, authorities say.
He had been granted bail on Monday to undergo a (...)
Australian police are searching for Home and Away star Orpheus Pledger, after a warrant was issued for his arrest on Wednesday.
The actor is facing four charges for allegedly assaulting a woman, authorities say.
He had been granted bail on Monday (...)
Take your seat because Taylor Swift's "Tortured Poets Department" meeting has officially been called into session and, surprise, it's a 31-song mega double album.
The Grammy-winner first released her highly anticipated 11th studio album on Friday, (...)
A man has been killed and another critically injured following a gold mine collapse in Australia.
The pair were hit by falling rocks 500m (1,640ft) underground at the site in Ballarat, near Melbourne, on Wednesday afternoon local time.
Another 29 (...)
An Australian man has been charged with murdering a woman who was last seen leaving her home a month ago.
Samantha Murphy has not been seen since she went out from her home in Ballarat, Victoria, for a run on 4 February.
Her disappearance led to a (...)
Singapore is drawing fans from all over Southeast Asia and beyond to Taylor Swift's Eras Tour, much to the annoyance of the city-state's regional neighbors.
The anger is not directed at the superstar but at the Singaporean government for an (...)
Firefighters in Australia are battling a huge blaze that has forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people amid some of the worst fire conditions the country has seen in recent years.
Hot, dry and windy conditions have created "extreme to (...)
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced his engagement to his partner of four years, Jodie Haydon.
He proposed at the Lodge — the prime minister's official Canberra residence — on Valentine's Day, with a ring he specially (...)
Nearly half a million homes were left without power in the Australian state of Victoria after a storm knocked out parts of the network.
Videos posted online showed torrential rain and gale-force winds uprooting trees and blowing entire sheds (...)
JEDDAH — In the final hours of the Saudi Arabian football winter transfer market, clubs made significant signings to strengthen their squads for upcoming competitions.
One of the most prominent deals was the acquisition of the veteran Croatian (...)
"Australia Day is Dead!" Indigenous activist Gwenda Stanley chants into the loudspeaker, as a crowd of thousands breaks into applause.
It's Australia's national day, but the crowd in central Sydney seethes in anger and cheers in solidarity with (...)
A century-old Captain James Cook statue has been cut down and a Queen Victoria monument covered in red paint in an apparent protest in Australia.
The late-night vandalism occurred in Melbourne on the eve of Australia Day and is under police (...)
Australia opener Usman Khawaja has been charged by the International Cricket Council for wearing a black armband in support of civilians in Gaza during the first Test against Pakistan.
Khawaja, 37, did not wear shoes bearing the words "all lives are (...)
Hundreds of people have gathered to celebrate the life of Barry Humphries — the man behind Dame Edna Everage — at a Sydney Opera House state memorial.
The 89-year-old died in April of complications from hip surgery.
Over seven decades, the (...)
A woman in her 70s has died in hospital after a fall at a Robbie Williams concert in Sydney last Thursday.
She fell down six rows of seats during the show at Allianz Stadium and suffered serious head injuries.
The woman was rushed to a nearby (...)
One of Australia's major ports operator is back online after a cyber-attack crippled its facilities.
Operations at DP World Australia container terminals in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth were disrupted from Friday to Monday morning.
The firm (...)
An Australian woman has been charged with murder over the suspected mushroom poisoning deaths of three people.
Erin Patterson was arrested on Thursday morning and police have spent the day searching her home east of Melbourne.
Ms Patterson, 49, had (...)
More than a dozen black models are boycotting Melbourne Fashion Week (MFW), hoping to draw attention to the mistreatment they say they experience in Australia's fashion industry.
The models said they had witnessed staff use racial slurs in front of (...)
Australia is set to hold a world-first international academic symposium on the impact of Taylor Swift.
The "Swiftposium" will explore the megastar's influence on everything from the music industry to culture and the economy.
Organizers of the (...)
A prominent Sikh leader was brazenly murdered this summer outside a temple in British Columbia (BC), Canada. The death has outraged his supporters and intensified global tensions between Sikh separatists and the Indian government.
On a mid-June (...)
A memorial service in Australia for the couple who died after eating a mushroom beef Wellington cooked by their former daughter-in-law has drawn hundreds.
Gail and Don Patterson were two of three guests who died after the lunch last month at Erin (...)
An Israeli former principal will spend up to 15 years in jail for sexually assaulting two students at an ultra-Orthodox Jewish school in Australia.
Malka Leifer raped and indecently assaulted sisters Dassi Erlich and Elly Sapper between 2003 and (...)
JEDDAH — The AFC Champions League group stage draw resulted in balanced groups for the Saudi Arabian teams participating in the new edition of the tournament. The groups appear to be evenly matched, with Group D, featuring Al Hilal, seemingly the (...)
The 2026 Commonwealth Games are in doubt after the Australian state of Victoria canceled its plans to host due to budget blowouts.
The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) struggled to find a host before Victoria volunteered in April 2022.
But the (...)
Earlier this year, researchers raised eyebrows when Australia's traditionally conservative medicines regulator approved the use of psychedelics to assist therapy sessions.
The decision will see psilocybin, found in magic mushrooms, used for (...)