The Australian government says will outlaw doxxing – the malicious release online of personal or identifying information without the subject’s permission – after pro-Palestinian activists published personal details about hundreds of Jewish people in Australia
Australia’s online safety watchdog says the owner of the social media platform formerly known as Twitter has slashed its global trust and safety staff by 30% including an 80% reduction in the number of safety engineers since billionaire Elon Musk took over in 2022
Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles says his government will send 11 military personnel to support a U.S.-led mission to protect cargo shipping in the Red Sea but won't send a warship or plane
Australia and New Zealand leaders have agreed to seek closer defense ties as New Zealand considers sharing advanced military technologies with the United States and Britain through the so-called AUKUS partnership
A man convicted on terrorism charges whom Australia had wanted to strip of his citizenship and deport has been released into the community under strict conditions
King Charles III has paid a light-hearted tribute to the late Barry Humphries, who was remembered at a state memorial service in Australia
An Australian appeals court has overturned all convictions against a woman 20 years after a jury found her guilty of killing her four children
Tropical Cyclone Jasper has crossed Australia’s northeast coast as a category 2 storm, lashing the sparsely populated region with winds of up to 87 miles an hour
Australia says China has lifted import bans on three Australian meat suppliers in another sign of improving trade relations between the two countries
The Australian government has signed a security pact with its nearest neighbor Papua New Guinea that strengthens Australia’s place as the preferred security partner in a region where China’s influence is growing
Survivors of the harmful morning sickness drug thalidomide were in the public gallery when Australia’s Parliament made a national apology for what was described as one of the darkest chapters in Australia’s medical history
Relatives and a friend of Israelis kidnapped and killed by Hamas are visiting Australia this week and sharing personal stories in an effort to lobby for international support for all hostages to be freed — and to support Israel’s war effort
The eruption of Papua New Guinea’s tallest volcano is subsiding but thick ash still billowed into the sky and coated roofs and palm trees nearby
Australia's prime minister has criticized China for what he calls a “dangerous” encounter between Chinese and Australian warships but declined to say whether he raised the issue with President Xi Jinping
Australia's immigration minister says three murderers are among 81 foreigners recently released after the High Court ruled their indefinite detention in migrant centers was unconstitutional
Australia's immigration minister says 80 people including convicted criminals who are considered dangerous have been released from Australian migrant detention centers since the High Court ruled last week that their indefinite detention wis unconstitutional
Anthony Albanese will soon become the first Australian prime minister in seven years to visit China in recognition of improving bilateral relations
The host of a weekend family lunch at her Australian country home has been charged with murdering her ex-husband's parents and aunt with poisonous mushrooms and attempting to murder a fourth guest
Australia’s highest court has overturned a government decision to strip citizenship from a man convicted of terrorism
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he will raise the plight of a detained Australian democracy blogger with Chinese leaders during his visit to China
A cruise operator that failed to cancel a voyage from Sydney that led to a COVID-19 outbreak has been ruled negligent in an Australian class-action case
Indigenous campaigners who wanted Australia to create an advisory body representing its most disadvantaged ethnic minority say its rejection in a constitutional referendum was a “shameful act.”
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he will visit China in early November to meet President Xi Jinping
The Australian government has decided against canceling a Chinese company’s 99-year lease on strategically important Darwin Port despite U.S. concerns that foreign control could be used to spy on its military
Australia's failed referendum on the Indigenous Voice has set back the government’s plans to cut the nation's constitutional ties to Britain’s King Charles III
Vista Outdoor strikes deal to sell itself in two parts for $3.4 billion
Canada prisons fail to follow solitary confinement rules, report finds
Former owner of water buffalo that roamed Iowa suburb for days pleads guilty
Blast heard, smoke seen over Beirut's southern suburbs, Reuters witnesses say
‘He should put a sock in it’: Bolton says Biden shouldn’t tell Iran what Israel should do
Map shows possible Israeli targets in Iran
US dividend ETFs bask in investor attention after jumbo Fed rate cut
Stanford scientists develop gel to protect homes against wildfires
What's next for oil and gas prices as Middle East tensions heat up?
Well-known Asheville music tradition returns in a sign of hopefulness after Helene
Bronny James ready to begin his Lakers career in preseason. LeBron won't join until the next game
'Devastated' Joe Musgrove needs Tommy John surgery and won't pitch for the Padres in the NLDS