Australia

Refugee detainees sue Australian government

May 29, 2017 04:16

The Australian government has been sued over the detention of immigrants in a case due to be heard in the largest ever trial of its kind this week.
Muslim cleric wins defamation case against Australian media group

May 05, 2017 04:45

Australia’s grand mufti has won a case against a media group that had published insulting articles against him.
MH370 ‘most likely’ lies north of search zone: Australian experts

Apr 21, 2017 08:44

Australian scientists are now more confident than ever that they have worked out where the wreckage of missing flight MH370 is located.
MH370 ‘most likely’ lies north of search zone: Australian experts

Apr 21, 2017 04:41

Australian scientists are now more confident than ever that they have worked out where the wreckage of missing flight MH370 is located.
Clashes erupt in Australian refugee facility in PNG

Apr 15, 2017 06:44

Violence has flared at an Australian asylum-seeker detention center in Papua New Guinea (PNG), and shots were fired when local people tried to break into the center after an argument got out of hand, media and a rights group reported on Saturday.
UN raps ‘disturbing’ racism against Aborigines in Australia

Apr 03, 2017 07:50

Racism against Aborigines in Australia is widespread and “deeply disturbing,” a United Nations envoy said Monday, urging the government to work more closely with indigenous people.
Australia floods rising with two dead, four missing

Apr 01, 2017 08:40

Flooded rivers were still rising Saturday in two Australian states with two women dead and four people missing after torrential rains in the wake of a powerful tropical cyclone.
Severe flooding hits Australian states amid cyclone

Mar 31, 2017 02:21

Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from towns in two Australian states as authorities warned Friday there could be deaths from severe flooding caused by a powerful tropical cyclone.
Australia evacuating cyclone-hit island resorts

Mar 30, 2017 08:23

Australia began evacuating thousands of people stranded on resort islands in the tropical northeast on Thursday, as water supplies began to run low two days after Cyclone Debbie tore through the region.
Cyclone Debbie batters northeast Australia

Mar 29, 2017 09:58

Cyclone Debbie has wrought widespread damage in northeastern Australia, where it recently made landfall, authorities say.