Top Australian soldier loses war crimes defamation case
Members of an independent NASA panel studying UFOs, or what the U.S. government now terms UAP for “unidentified anomalous phenomena,” said in their first public...
Oceania
Japan puts missile defences on alert as North Korea warns of satellite launch (Updated)
Japan put its ballistic missile defences on alert on Monday and vowed to shoot down any projectile that threatens its territory, after North Korea notified...
Most of Guam without power, water after Typhoon Mawar exits
Much of the U.S. Western Pacific territory of Guam was without power and water on Thursday after a typhoon packing ferocious winds and torrential rains...
95-year-old Australian grandmother tasered by police in critical condition
A 95-year-old grandmother who Australian police tasered at a retirement home is in critical condition as the homicide squad join a high-profile investigation into the...
Tsunami threat passes in South Pacific after magnitude 7.7 quake off New Caledonia (Update)
The risk of tsunami waves across the South Pacific has passed and national warnings downgraded following a 7.7 magnitude earthquake on Friday southeast of the...
Platypus returns to Australian national park for first time in half a century
By James Redmayne The platypus, a species unique to Australia, was reintroduced into the country’s oldest national park just south of Sydney on Friday in...
Australian lawmakers meet US envoy to seek release of Assange
A cross-party delegation of Australian lawmakers said on Tuesday they met U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy, urging her to help drop the pending extradition case against...
Japan earthquake of magnitude 6.5 injures some, damages buildings
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 struck on Friday off Japan’s western prefecture of Ishikawa, authorities said, as media reported some buildings had collapsed...
Australia to ban recreational vaping in e-cigarette crackdown
Australia said on Tuesday it will ban recreational vaping and tighten other aspects of e-cigarette laws in the biggest crackdown on the tobacco industry in...
Barry Humphries, creator of Dame Edna, dies at 89
Barry Humphries, the comedian best known for his character Dame Edna Everage who blossomed from an Australian suburban housewife into a self-described gigastar, died on...
