Oceania

The US approved the $1.5 billion sale of five Seahawk maritime helicopters to New Zealand, which has pledged to nearly double its military spending as it seeks to boost defence capabilities. “...

A cohort of Australian women and children linked to the Islamic State militant group has returned home from a Syrian refugee camp, the second such group to arrive back in ...

A 39-year-old man has died after being attacked by a shark on Sunday while fishing on the Great Barrier Reef, police said, the second fatal shark attack in Australia this ...

A man attacked by a shark off Western Australia’s coast on Saturday died of his injuries, police said, in what is the second fatal shark attack in Australia so ...

A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Japan on Monday, prompting authorities to urge residents to stay away from coastal areas where tsunami waves of up to 3 metres (10 ...

Britain’s Prince Harry on Thursday praised Australia’s “epic” leadership on curbing harmful social media use for teens, as his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, spoke of a decade ...

Australia’s most decorated soldier was arrested on Tuesday and charged with five counts of war crimes relating to the killing of unarmed civilians while on deployment in Afghanistan. Police ...

Every Easter, Sydney retiree Elsa Ucak is one of the millions of Australians that hit the road to travel during the four-day-long weekend. But this year, she has cancelled her ...

Australia said it would ban gambling advertisements featuring celebrities and limit online gambling advertisements to internet users over 18 from next year, an attempt to appease public health concerns but falling ...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday the government would halve the excise on fuel and diesel and remove the heavy road user charge for three months to help ...

Australia and the European Union signed a trade deal on Tuesday that was eight years in the making, removing tariffs for almost all European goods and for nearly all exports ...

Australia on Tuesday granted humanitarian visas to five Iranian women footballers after they sought asylum, fearing persecution on their return home for their refusal to sing the national anthem at ...

Australians were downloading virtual private networks (VPNs) in droves, while one of the world’s largest porn distributors said it was blocking users from its platforms as the country rolled ...

Australian police said on Thursday they had launched an investigation after a threatening letter was sent to the country’s largest mosque, the third such incident in the lead-up to ...

Australian leaders on Tuesday urged calm and called on protests to remain peaceful after clashes between police and demonstrators opposing Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit to Australia erupted in ...

Thousands gathered across Australia on Monday to protest over the arrival of Israeli President Isaac Herzog, who is on a multi-city trip aimed at expressing solidarity with Australia’s Jewish ...

Thousands marked Australia’s national day on Monday by attending “Invasion Day” rallies in support of Indigenous Australians and calling for unity, while separate anti-immigration protests also drew crowds. Australia ...

An Australian boy had died in hospital after being bitten by a shark in Sydney Harbour, his family said on Saturday after a series of shark attacks along the country’...

Rescue workers combed rubble on Thursday at a campsite in New Zealand as they searched for the missing, children among them, following a landslide triggered by heavy rains that snapped ...

Human remains were found in Australia’s southeast where bushfires raging for days have razed buildings, cut power to thousands of homes and burned swathes of bushland, police said on ...

Uncontrolled fires burned through bushland in the Australianstate of Victoria on Thursday, forcing communities to evacuate and authorities to warn of a “catastrophic” fire danger rating for Friday. Amid temperatures ...

Australia’s Sydney began 2026 with a fireworks display held under an enhanced police presence, weeks after gunmen killed 15 people at a Jewish event in the city. Sydney’s annual New ...

Australia’s most populous state is set to pass tougher gun laws, ban the display of terrorist symbols and curb protests in an emergency sitting following the Bondi mass shooting, ...

Australia on Sunday was honouring victims of a gun attack a week earlier on a seaside Hanukkah celebration, as the prime minister announced a review of the country’s law ...