Australia

Iran dismisses Israeli hacking claims as ‘lies’ meant to spread Iranophobia

Mar 20, 2019 12:33

Iran says reports that it has hacked into the phones of Israeli officials are part of the “lies” Tel Aviv spreads against the Islamic Republic on a daily basis, asserting that Tehran would rather put its technological prowess to good use.
1000s rally in Melbourne against racism after Christchurch mosque attacks

Mar 20, 2019 02:34

Thousands of Australians rally against racism and Islamophobia in Melbourne, days after the terrorist attacks on two mosques in Christchurch on Friday.
Milo Yiannopoulos banned from entering Australia over Islamophobic comments

Mar 17, 2019 05:21

Ultra-conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos has been banned from entering Australia after his "appalling” comments about anti-Muslim shooting attacks in New Zealand.
Thousands in Melbourne call for halt to Islamophobia, racism

Mar 16, 2019 15:56

Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Australia’s second-largest city of Melbourne to protest against rising sentiments of Islamophobia and racism in the wake of the recent massacre of Muslim people in New Zealand.
PM: 49 killed in 'terrorist' attack on two mosques in New Zealand

Mar 15, 2019 04:43

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says 49 people were killed and more than 20 seriously wounded in mass shootings at two mosques in central Christchurch on Friday.
Australian cardinal sentenced to 6 years in jail for sexual abuse

Mar 13, 2019 05:53

Cardinal George Pell, a former Vatican treasurer and an adviser to Pope Francis, was sentenced to six years in jail by an Australian court on Wednesday for sexually abusing two choir boys in the 1990s at St Patrick's Cathedral in Melbourne.
‘Bahrain, please don’t follow me!’ Refugee soccer player granted Australian citizenship

Mar 13, 2019 04:30

A refugee soccer player who fled Bahrain and was held in a Thai prison for months during a tense extradition stand-off between Australia and the Persian Gulf state was granted Australian citizenship on Tuesday.
New lawsuit filed against ex-Pope aide over child sex abuse

Mar 07, 2019 07:53

Australian Cardinal George Pell — the third-most senior Catholic Church official in the world until recently — has been sued for yet another child sexual offence, less than two weeks after he was convicted of such abuse.
Fires rage in Australia amid record-breaking heatwave

Mar 03, 2019 11:02

Firefighters battled 25 blazes across the Australian state of Victoria on Sunday as a record-breaking heatwave delivered the hottest start to March on record for the southern third of the country.
Thousands evacuated as Australian bushfires rage

Mar 02, 2019 13:13

Hundreds of firefighters battled raging bushfires in Australia on Saturday, which have forced residents to evacuate.