A manhunt is underway in northern Australia after three people were killed and another critically injured in a shooting on a remote property.
The shooting happened on Thursday morning local time on a cattle farm at Bogie in Queensland, authorities (...)
A professor who has dedicated decades to solving one of Australia's most enduring mysteries claims he has discovered the identity of the Somerton man.
Derek Abbott, from the University of Adelaide, says the body of a man found on one of the city's (...)
A plane that flew for 14 hours with a large hole in its side is a 'one in a million case', according to one aviation expert.
Passengers on the Emirates flight from Dubai to Brisbane were shocked to see the damage when they disembarked on Friday 1 (...)
Twelve members of a religious cult have been arrested over the death of an eight-year-old girl in Australia.
Elizabeth Struhs died on January 7 at a home south of Brisbane, after the type one diabetic was allegedly denied insulin for almost a (...)
A landmark trial of a specialist domestic violence police station has been recommended by a coroner after two murders that shocked Australia.
Hannah Clarke, and her children, and Doreen Langham were burned to death by their ex-partners in (...)
Australian voters have delivered a sharp rebuke to the center-right government, ending nine years of conservative rule, in favor of the center-left opposition that promised stronger action on climate change.
Australian Labor Party leader Anthony (...)
Former Australia cricketer Andrew Symonds has died aged 46 after being involved in a car crash.
The all-rounder played 26 Tests, 198 One-Day Internationals and 14 Twenty20s for Australia between 1998 and 2009.
A powerful batter, canny bowler and (...)
Hundreds of Australians have been told to evacuate their homes as Queensland faces another flooding emergency.
More than a dozen warnings were issued on Friday, telling residents in several regions to prepare their homes and evacuate if needed.
One (...)
Australia's Great Barrier Reef is suffering another mass bleaching due to heat stress caused by climate change, the reef's managers confirmed Friday.
The update comes mid-way through a 10-day monitoring mission by UNESCO scientists as they consider (...)
World number one Ashleigh Barty has sliced back questions about her next move after retiring from tennis and told people to "wait and see".
The 25-year-old shocked the sporting world on Wednesday by announcing she will quit the professional (...)
Sydney, Australia's most populous city that has been drenched in rain for days, braced for more heavy downpours on Sunday as the death toll from flooding across the country's east rose to 17.
A wild weather system that dumped more than a year's (...)
Parts of Australia's third-most populous city Brisbane were under water Monday after heavy rain brought record flooding to some east coast areas and killed eight people, AP reported.
The flooding in Brisbane and its surrounds is the worst since 2011 (...)
At least nine people have died from the flash flooding that has battered northeastern Australia in the past few days, the New York Times reported.
Tens of thousands were rescued from rooftops with the wild weather forcing residents to evacuate their (...)
A Covid outbreak has hit a crucial Australian relief ship which was bound for tsunami-stricken Tonga.
Some 23 cases of Covid were recorded among the crew of the HMAS Adelaide, which left Australia on Friday.
It comes as Tonga is desperately trying (...)
الغت العديد من شركات الطيران العالمية في أمريكا وأوربا واستراليا رحلات واكبت في فترة الأعياد والاحتفال بنهاية العام الميلادي، وتلقى آلاف المسافرين رسائل من شركات طيران، ومفادها إلغاء رحلتهم عشية عيد الميلاد في اللحظة الأخيرة بسبب الارتفاع الأخير في (...)
Australians are celebrating seeing loved ones again in Queensland, after the state lifted a five-month border closure with its biggest neighbors, BBC reported.
At airports and border towns on Monday, there were hugs and tears as families reunited (...)
JEDDAH — Princess Reema Bint Bandar, Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States, has been appointed as a member of the International Olympic Committee Coordination Commission for Brisbane 2032.
The Zimbabwean swimmer Kirsty Coventry has been (...)
Australia's Daintree -- the world's oldest tropical rainforest -- has been returned to its Aboriginal custodians in a historic deal, BBC reports.
The UNESCO World Heritage site is over 180 million years old and has been home to generations of (...)
Australia's most populous state has expanded its COVID-19 lockdown to include a rural town and the coastal region of Byron Bay, as the city of Sydney recorded its highest daily case count since the beginning of the pandemic.
There were four deaths (...)
A 39-year-old man allegedly used a rope made from bedsheets to shimmy down from a fourth-floor hotel room and flee Australian quarantine, police said.
The man arrived in Western Australia from Brisbane on Monday afternoon but didn't meet the (...)
Australia plans to halve commercial passenger arrivals due to virus risks as parts of the country emerged from lockdowns on Friday.
Australia will reduce its cap on arrivals from 6,000 passengers a week to 3,000 by July 14 to reduce pressure on (...)
The Leaders of the Group of Twenty (G20) stand united in our conviction that coordinated global action, solidarity, and multilateral cooperation are more necessary today than ever to overcome the current challenges and realize opportunities of the (...)
With two months left before the G20 Leaders' Summit, as the world grapples with protracted global health and economic crises, the Labor and Employment Ministers of G20 nations met "to discuss recent global economic and labor market developments and (...)
The G20 Labour and Employment Ministers Meeting was concluded today by issuing a final communique which reads as follows:
"We, the Labour and Employment Ministers of the G20 members and invited countries,
met virtually on the 10th September 2020, to (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's Minister of Human Resources and Social Development Eng. Ahmed Al-Rajhi said on Thursday that supporting the youth, particularly those drastically affected by the coronavirus pandemic, is imperative to achieve the commitment (...)
