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A person from Sikh faith praying (Photo: AP)

Sikh council nominee racially targeted in Australia

Sunny Singh, a Port Augusta City Council nominee, said social media video targeting his race is first time he has...

23 Oct 2018 11:22 AM IST

Scott Morrison will be Australias new Prime Minister. (Photo: AP)

Australia's PM sorry for sex victims

The formal apology followed a national investigation into institutional sexual abuse in Australia, which spanned five...

23 Oct 2018 2:39 AM IST

Air Niugini said Friday it had been informed that the weather was very poor with heavy rain and reduced visibility at the time of incident. (Photo: AFP)

Body found inside plane days after crash landing in Pacific lagoon

Air Niugini Boeing 737-800 was attempting to land at Weno airport on Friday morning but fell short of runway and...

2 Oct 2018 12:13 PM IST

all 36 passengers and 11 crew were safe and no serious injuries were reported, although they were taken to hospital for check-ups. (Photo: AFP)

Plane overshoots runway, ditched in lagoon on remote Micronesian...

The Air Niugini plane was attempting to land at Weno airport and ended up in Chuuk lagoon, local media reported.

28 Sept 2018 9:32 AM IST

Morrison called on parliament to quickly raise the maximum sentence for such deliberate food contamination from ten to 15 years behind bars. (Photo: AFP)

Sabotaging strawberries is equal to terrorism: Australia PM

Urging Australians to make a strawberry pavlova this weekend to help struggling farmers, PM demanded a change in law to...

19 Sept 2018 1:56 PM IST

Forensic police (C) and other officials remove a dead body from the crime site in the suburb of Australias western city of Perth on September 10, 2018. (Photo: AFP)

24-yr-old man kills wife, toddler children, mother-in-law' in...

Anthony Robert Harvey walked into a police station in Western Australia a week after the deaths.

10 Sept 2018 3:41 PM IST

New South Wales police Detective Superintendent Mick Sheehy told reporters the man was believed to be acting on his own and there was no ongoing threat to the community.

Sri Lankan linked to Islamic State terror plot in Oz

He appeared at the Waverley Local Court Friday and was denied bail.

1 Sept 2018 1:58 AM IST

Australias incoming Prime Minister Scott Morrison with his wife Jenny Morrison and daughters Abbey and Lily at the oath-taking ceremony in Canberra on Friday. (Photo: AFP)

Scott Morrison ousts Turnbull as Australia's PM

Liberal Party backlash leads to seventh Premier in 11 years.

25 Aug 2018 2:41 AM IST

Scott Morrison will be Australias new Prime Minister. (Photo: AP)

Scott Morrison next PM of Australia, ousts Malcolm Turnbull: reports

Scott Morrison, an ally of deposed leader Malcolm Turnbull, won a party-room ballot 45-40.

24 Aug 2018 8:59 AM IST

The hackers, who worked for a Russian state-sponsored group known as Dragonfly or Energetic Bear, claimed hundreds of victims in 2017. (Photo: Pixabay)

Hacky hack hack: Australian teen breaks into Apple's main network

A 16-yr-old from Melbourne, broke into the US computer giant's mainframe from his suburban home many times over a year,...

17 Aug 2018 12:45 PM IST

Australian senator Fraser Anning sits in the chamber during a session at Parliament House in Canberra on August 15, 2018. (Photo: AP)

Australian politician calls for a final solution' to ban Muslim...

Anning said Muslims were responsible for acts of terror and crime and were dependent on welfare.

15 Aug 2018 3:09 PM IST

Wilson resigned as archbishop of Adelaide in July, two months after being convicted. He wanted to hold on to the position until he completed his appeal but came under pressure from Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, fellow clerics and abuse victims to quit. (Photo: File)

Australian archbishop begins home detention over sex abuse cover-up

The court allowed Philip Wilson to serve his detention at home after assessment by authorities due to range of health...

14 Aug 2018 1:37 PM IST