Australia

A man is due to appear in an Australian court later this month charged with alleged historical child sex offences in Brisbane, Africa and New Zealand.

Former US Marines pilot Daniel Duggan was "singled out" for extradition to face charges of training Chinese military fliers, Duggan's lawyer says.

Western Australia's premier says it could take months before authorities can restore critical infrastructure in remote towns ravaged by the state's worst floods on record.

It should have been the holiday of a lifetime, but little did four New Zealanders and nine other travellers know that a five-minute joy ride on Australia's Gold Coast would soon become an…

The weapon was used by Ukraine to kill dozens of Russian soldiers on New Year's Day.

Four people have died after two helicopters collided mid-air near Sea World on the Gold Coast.

Hundreds of people were stranded on a cruise ship off Australia's coast after a fungus was found on its hull, and it was denied entry to ports in Dunedin and Christchurch.

While some major cities around the world marked the New Year with a bang and festivities, celebrations were more muted in places with surges of Covid-19 or enmeshed in conflict.

Paddy's learning journey has prompted his hometown of Temora in Australia's southern NSW to do the same.

Anthony Albanese has urged people not to travel to fight in the conflict involving NATO, Russia and Ukraine after the death of Sage O'Donnell.

The Christmas Day accident killed their parents, described as looking 'exhausted' by the last person who likely saw them alive.

Residents, business owners and local authorities in South Australia, are bracing themselves for more flooding, as water levels rise along the Murray River.

The names of two brothers and two police officers shot during a siege at a remote rural property in Queensland have been released

Parents of three Perth children are facing jail for giving them excessive strong pain medicine that meant the children "pretty much slept" for years of their lives.

The Australian government has delayed a key meeting to discuss measures to contain soaring power prices after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese tested positive for Covid-19.