Australia's most-decorated living soldier Ben Roberts-Smith, has lost an appeal against a landmark defamation judgement which found he committed war crimes.
A judge in 2023 ruled that news articles alleging the Victoria Cross recipient had murdered (...)
Australia's Liberal Party has for the first time chosen a woman as its leader, with Sussan Ley to take over from Peter Dutton after he led the party to a bruising election loss.
Ley, from the moderate faction of the party, beat Angus Taylor - who (...)
Early vote counts in Australia's general election on Saturday indicate the ruling Labor Party is on track to secure a second consecutive term — a feat not achieved in the country since 2004.
With 33.5% of the vote counted, Labor was leading with (...)
In Western Sydney, an audience of Stetson-wearing Australians are sitting in their fold-up camping chairs, swigging beers and eating a spiraled fried potato on a skewer known as a 'chip on a stick'.
People here are enjoying bull rides, barrel racing (...)
A teenager has been charged after Australian opposition leader Peter Dutton's office was vandalized for the third time during the election campaign.
The Liberal Party leader's office in Arana Hills, Brisbane was splattered in red paint, and covered (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Music Commission will host the Saudi Orchestra Masterpieces concert at the iconic Sydney Opera House on Monday, May 12.
The concert will be under the patronage of Minister of Culture and Chairman of the Music Commission Prince (...)
Five people have drowned and two remain missing after powerful waves struck Australia's eastern coastline at the start of the Easter weekend, prompting safety warnings from authorities.
On Saturday, emergency services recovered the body of a man (...)
Nora Aunor, one of the Philippines' most celebrated film stars, has died at the age of 71.
Aunor's death on Wednesday was announced by her children on social media, but no further details were provided about her cause of death.
"She touched (...)
Sudan's paramilitaries have declared the formation of a rival government to the country's armed forces, two years into a war that has become the world's largest humanitarian crisis.
The leader of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Mohamed Hamdan (...)
Move over, Golden Gate and Sydney Harbour. China is set to open the world's tallest bridge in June, the latest feat of engineering from the infrastructure-focused country.
The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge is currently nearing the end of construction (...)
Relatives of a nine-year-old boy who was killed by an accidental gunshot in Australia have been charged over his death.
Paramedics treated the child for serious neck injuries at a farm in Windellama — near Goulburn in New South Wales (NSW) — on (...)
Australia has swiftly turned down China's offer to "join hands" against Donald Trump's tariffs, as Washington escalates its trade war with Beijing.
The White House recently imposed an import tax of 10% on Australian goods, but for China — (...)
A faulty radio antenna contributed to a deadly mid-air helicopter collision at an Australian theme park and resort, transport safety officials say.
Four people died — including two British tourists — and several more were seriously injured when the (...)
The US Commerce Secretary has defended the country's decision to impose tariffs on a group of uninhabited islands, which are populated only by penguins and seals.
The imposition of tariffs on the Heard and McDonald islands were meant to close (...)
Australia will head to the polls on May 3 for a federal election that could reshape the country's political landscape.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, whose center-left Labor Party holds a narrow majority, confirmed the date on Friday after (...)
An Australian man lived for 100 days with an artificial titanium heart while he awaited a donor transplant, the longest period to date of someone with the technology.
The patient, a man in his 40s who declined to be identified, received the implant (...)
Police in Australia have charged a 17-year-old who got on a plane with a shotgun and ammunition.
He was filmed being wrestled to the ground by passengers and crew as the aircraft prepared to take off from Avalon Airport, near Melbourne, carrying 160 (...)
An adventurer who tried to row across the Pacific Ocean from the United States to Australia has been rescued just days before he reached his final destination.
Lithuanian rower Aurimas Mockus sounded a distress signal late on Friday after he was (...)
One of the world's most prolific blood donors — whose plasma saved the lives of more than 2 million babies — has died.
James Harrison died in his sleep at a nursing home in New South Wales, Australia on 17 February, his family said on Monday. He was (...)
HAIL — The Saudi Heritage Commission has launched a "Survey and Documentation of Stone Structures" project in Hail region in cooperation with University of Sydney, Australia, with the aim of inventorying, studying and documenting stone structures (...)
China on Sunday rejected Australia's criticism of its recent live-fire naval drills near Australia and New Zealand, calling the concerns "hyped up" and "inconsistent with the facts."
Responding to statements from Australian Defense Minister Richard (...)
Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles said on Saturday that China has not provided a "satisfactory" explanation regarding reports of its warships conducting live-fire exercises in airspace off the Australian coast, according to local (...)
Beloved Australian soap drama Neighbors has been canceled again, two years after it was saved by Amazon MGM Studios.
Without specifying a reason, Amazon confirmed the series will finish at the end of 2025 — 40 years and more than 9,000 episodes (...)
Commercial flights were warned to avoid airspace over the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand on Friday after Chinese warships took part in an apparent live-fire drill.
It's understood at least three commercial flights diverted their course (...)
More than 60 false killer whales have died and authorities are trying to save dozens more after a mass stranding on a remote Australian beach.
Tasmania's Department of Natural Resources and Environment said a pod of 157 had beached near Arthur (...)
