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On March 9, three terrorist suspects were killed by Indonesian police during a raid in Jakarta. Forensic experts carefully examined their bodies but kept their conclusions from the public until ...

A 92-year-old woman is charged with murder following the discovery of her 98-year-old husband's body at their home in Australia, police say.

About 5,200 naked people have embraced each other on the steps of Sydney's iconic Opera House for a photo shoot by Spencer Tunick....

Australia tells Japan to stop whaling in the Southern Ocean by November this year or face international legal action.

India condemned the fatal stabbing of an Indian student in Australia and warned that the attack, which was the latest in a series of assaults, could put bilateral ties under strain. The 21-year-old student was killed over the weekend in the ...

A kangaroo startled by a man walking his dog attacked the pair, pinning the pet underwater and slashing the owner in the abdomen with its hind legs....

A six-month-old baby had a miraculous escape after his pram rolled off a railway station platform and into the path of an incoming train.

The United Kingdom has overtaken the United States to take the top spot in a ranking of the world's leading financial centres.

Australia's central bank raised its key cash rate by 25 basis points to 3.25 percent on Tuesday, as surprising economic strength allowed it to withdraw some of the exceptional stimulus doled out during the global credit crisis.

When Google Wave was unveiled at Google I/O back in May, we noted that it was one of the most ambitious projects we've ever seen. Started as a side project in Google's Sydney, Australia offices, it had the potential to significantly alter the way online communication was carried out. And Google was betting big on it.