A Colombian judge has rejected an Australian woman’s plea bargain over cocaine-smuggling charges. Cassie Sainsbury, 22, was stopped at an airport in Bogotá on 12 April...
The U.S. Marine Corps on Sunday said it suspended the search and rescue operation for the three U.S. Marines who went missing off the east coast...
Two men accused of a terror plot to put a bomb on a plane were also trying to build a device that could release toxic gas,...
Racist graffiti targeting Chinese students has prompted anger after it was found at two locations in an Australian university. The words “kill Chinese” were inscribed above...
Australians have considerably increased their support for same-sex marriage in the last decade, a report has found. The wide-ranging survey found that 67% of women and...
Counter-terrorism police in Australia have stopped a suspected plot to bring down an aeroplane, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said. He was speaking after four people...
One of Australia’s leading Aboriginal musicians, Dr G Yunupingu, has died at the age of 46. The singer, born blind in the Northern Territory, became the...
A string of recent deaths in New Zealand is being attributed to the rise of so-called synthetic cannabis. A man in his 20 died on Tuesday...
Cardinal George Pell will plead not guilty to all accusations of sexual assault against him, his lawyer has told a Melbourne court. The Vatican treasurer, 76,...
A university student is likely to become Australia’s youngest-ever senator after the resignation of a politician he calls his “mentor”. UK-born Jordon Steele-John, 22, has agreed...
Archaeologists have found the first evidence to suggest that Aboriginal people have been in Australia for at least 65,000 years. The discovery indicates their arrival on...