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15 arrested for ‘illegal’ fishing on Indonesian vessels in Australia
Canberra: Australian authorities have arrested 15 foreign fishers and seized two Indonesian vessels over alleged illegal fishing activity off the country's north coast.
The Australian Border Force (ABF) and Australian Fisheries…
Australia, NZ pledge millions to Papua New Guinea after deadly landslide
Wellington: Australia and New Zealand have pledged millions of dollars of aid to Papua New Guinea in the wake of a deadly landslide.
Several villages in the province of Enga were hit when part of a mountain collapsed in the early hours…
First human case of ‘bird flu’ reported in Australia
CANBERRA: Australia has announced the first confirmed case of human bird flu in a child who is believed to have acquired it while in India some weeks ago, according to a media report on Wednesday.
The child is no longer unwell.
“A…
Australian police shoot dead a boy armed with a knife after he stabbed a man in Perth
The teenager "rushed" at police who responded by shooting him twice with Tasers before firing a single fatal shot, the police said.
Australian police execute search warrants in a’major operation’ over church stabbings.
The Joint Counter-Terrorism Team, which includes federal and state police as well as the Australian Security Intelligence Organization, the nation’s main domestic spy agency
Staff and shoppers return to ‘somber’ Sydney shopping mall six days after mass stabbings
There was a large police and security presence, with guards wearing black stab-proof vests posted on each level of the mall.
In a second knife attack in two days, four wounded in Sydney church stabbing
The incident comes just two days after a knife rampage in an eastern Sydney shopping mall killed six people.
Indian-origin couple hid in backroom barricaded with dozens during Sydney mall knife attack
Shoi Ghoshal from Sydney told the BBC that she and her husband Debashis Chakrabarty were at the Westfield shopping centre at Bondi Junction earlier today when the attack started to unfold.
UK and Australia sign new defence pact
The agreement stops short of a full mutual defence pact, which would bind one side to intervene if the other was attacked.
Double murder casts shadow over Sydney Mardi Gras
A 28-year-old serving police constable who had previously been in a relationship with Baird has been charged with two counts of murder.
Police find bodies of Australian couple allegedly killed by jilted police lover
The bodies were found at a property near Bungonia, a town 200 kilometers southwest of Sydney.
Jannik Sinner rallies from two sets down to beat Daniil Medvedev in fina
Sinner only dropped one set through six rounds, in a third-set tiebreaker against Djokovic, until his five-set comeback win against Medvedev.
Matthew Ebden and Rohan Bopanna reach final for maiden Major championship
Bopanna has reached the US Open final twice (2013, 2023) but a Major trophy has eluded him in his career.
Western Australia encouraging India to invest in crucial resources and tourism
Rita Saffioti suggested that Western Australia is open to any kind of investment in particular into hotels and other tourism-related experiences.
US Open champion Coco Gauff is into the Australian Open semifinals
Gauff's forehand was particularly vulnerable and Kostyuk took full advantage, racing to a 5-1 lead only to show her own fragility with two double faults to hand back one of the breaks.
Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern weds longtime partner
She became a global icon for left-leaning politics and women in leadership as prime minister from 2017 to January last year.
Hundreds evacuated as flood disaster unfolds in northeastern Australia
Nine people, including a seven-year-old patient, huddled for safety overnight on the roof of a hospital in the largely Aboriginal settlement of Wujal Wujal.
India defends ex-envoy to Australia over allegations made by former domestic help
The MEA said it had learnt that she has made allegations against the then High Commissioner, and an ex-parte judgement has now been issued by an Australian court.
Opinion polls show Australians likely to reject Indigenous Voice to Parliament at referendum
Indigenous Australians have worse outcomes on average than other Australians in a range of measures including health, employment, education, incarceration and suicide rates.
Raised issue of attacks on temples in Australia with PM Albanese: Modi
PM Modi also said that Albanese assured to take "strict actions against such elements in the future."