Australia's ruling party Monday rejected a push to allow lawmakers to decide whether the country should recognize gay marriage, continuing a bitter political stalemate over the divisive reform. The conservative Liberal Party-led coalition was narrowly re-elected in July 2016 with a promise to let voters ...
The top ministers of Japan, the United States and Australia on Monday lambasted China's military buildup in the South China Sea and confirmed the importance of security cooperation in dealing with a territorial dispute in the waters. Foreign Minister Taro Kono, U.S. Secretary of State ...
A man was knocked unconscious and three others suffered facial fractures and broken ribs after a whale slammed into a charter fishing boat off Australia's north coast, the skipper said Monday. The 30-foot (9-meter) vessel was returning to port in the Whitsundays off the Queensland ...
The Australian government said on Sunday it would deploy its armed forces to assist in recovery efforts after the U.S. Marine Corps suspended its search for three Marines missing since their aircraft crashed off Australia's northeast coast a day earlier. The Marine Corps said earlier ...
An Australian man who was detained during raids to disrupt what authorities described as an Islamic State-inspired plot to bomb an Etihad Airways flight has been charged with weapons offenses and released on bail, police said on Sunday. The man was one of four detained ...
Washington is asked to halt Osprey flights in Japan after an MV-22 taking part in exercises crashed into the ocean off Australia’s east coast.
A ceremony was held in Cowra, Australia, on Saturday to commemorate those who died during a breakout of Japanese prisoners from a WWII detention camp 73 years ago. In the early hours of Aug. 5, 1944, a group of 1,104 Japanese POWs attempted to escape ...
A senior Islamic State commander directed a group of Australian men to build a bomb destined for an Etihad Airways flight out of Sydney, police alleged Friday. The improvised explosive device was due to be smuggled onto the July 15 service, but the attempt was ...
A species of spider that usually travels no further than a few feet from where it was hatched likely made an epic sea journey on a "land raft" from South Africa to call Australia home, a study said Thursday. The Australian trapdoor spider, known scientifically ...
A Cambodian court on Thursday sentenced an Australian nurse to 18 months in prison for sourcing clients for a surrogacy clinic in the impoverished kingdom, as authorities tackle "womb for rent" businesses. Tammy Davis-Charles, 49, has been in custody since her arrest in November last ...
Australian police said on Tuesday they had released one of four men arrested in raids last weekend that foiled an "Islamic-inspired" plot to bring down a plane. Local media said the plot may have involved a bomb or poisonous gas. A 50-year-old man was released on ...
The resting place of missing Malaysia Airlines' Flight 370 will eventually be found but it will require advances in science and technology, including artificial intelligence, the carrier's chief said Tuesday. No trace of the Boeing 777, which disappeared in March 2014 with 239 people on ...
