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LGBT rights activists said womens safety shouldnt be used to discriminate against gay couples (Photo: AFP)

New Zealand quashes historic gay convictions

Homosexuality was decriminalised in 1986, but men who were convicted before then still had the offence listed on their...

4 April 2018 2:01 PM IST

Queensland Polices Assistant Commissioner Bob Gee told reporters there was no threat to the multi-sport event, which runs on the Gold Coast from April 4-15. (Photo: AP)

CWG 2018: Indian charged for smuggling fake mediapersons' in Australia

The nine visitors, all from India, were flagged as possible 'non-genuine travellers'.

29 March 2018 1:32 PM IST

SpaceX chief Elon Musk

Family shenanigans: Elon Musk's dad reveals he fathered child with...

Elon's father, Errol Musk, the South African businessman has reportedly fathered a 10-month-old son with his...

26 March 2018 3:15 PM IST

It took weeks of sleuthing using Google Translate, online research and archival digging before the unusual find was confirmed as an authentic bottle thrown from a German ship into the Indian Ocean. (Photo: AFP)

Message in a bottle: Australian beach goers chance upon oldest German...

It was one of thousands of bottles used in a long-term German oceanographic experiment to better understand global ocean...

7 March 2018 12:26 PM IST

Guerin was already on suspension and being investigated by the polices anti-corruption watchdog after revelations last week that he made vulgar sexual remarks on a website about a former female police commissioner and a police union chief. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

'Indian, Pakistani peasants': Australian cop quits over racist, sexist...

'Demerest' also wrote sexually explicit comments about Australian sporting matches.

27 Feb 2018 11:47 AM IST

Michael McCormack, 53, was chosen by the Nationals -- the junior partner in the governing Liberal-National coalition -- to take over as leader and deputy PM in an internal party vote. (Photo: AP)

After Barnaby Joyce controversy, Michael McCormack sworn in as deputy...

McCormack, who had been the veterans' affairs minister, was sworn in as deputy PM shortly after his appointment.

26 Feb 2018 6:13 PM IST

Australias scandal-hit deputy leader Barnaby Joyce announced on Friday he was quitting and moving to the backbench amid claims of sexual harassment and controversy over an affair with a now-pregnant former aide.

Australia's scandal-hit deputy PM Barnaby Joyce quits

Barnaby Joyce announced on Friday he was quitting and moving to the backbench amid claims of sexual harassment.

24 Feb 2018 7:35 AM IST

Turnbull will be seeking a clear picture from Trump on how he expects the North Korean crisis to unfold, said Kim Beazley, a former Australian defense minister who was ambassador to Washington until 2016. (Photo: File)

Trump's guest from down under': Australian PM Turnball heads to US for...

The trade deal among 11 countries includes Australia, which also has a bilateral free trade partnership with the United...

21 Feb 2018 5:29 PM IST

The source added that the preferred terminology was to call the plan an alternative to Chinas Belt and Road Initiative, rather than a rival. (Photos: File)

Quad Squad: Indian, US, Japan, Aus to compete with China's BRI, say...

The United States, Japan, India and Australia have recently revived four-way talks to deepen security cooperation.

19 Feb 2018 3:03 PM IST

Turnbull denounced the affair at a press conference in Canberra after a week in which the scandal threw his centre-right government into turmoil. (Photo: File)

Australian PM bans sex among ministers after deputy's affair

Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce, married for 24 years, is expecting a child with his former staffer in April.

15 Feb 2018 4:07 PM IST

Karl Rock, an expat from New Zealand currently living in Delhi has won many Indian hearts with his fluent Hindi generally and with his video Foreigner Surprising Indians with Hindi specifically. (Photo: Youtube Screengrab)

New Zealander launches 'India Survival Guide' for expats, in shuddh...

India Survival Guide has expanded into a book, a website and Youtube channel with close to twelve thousand subscribers.

12 Feb 2018 5:11 PM IST

Severe Tropical Cyclone Gita is intensifying as it approaches and the Fiji Meteorological Service predicted it will become a maximum category five storm before reaching Tonga on Monday night. (Photo: Representational | AFP)

Tonga declares state of emergency as Cyclone Gita intensifies

Acting PM Semisi Sika issued nationwide alert, saying he was 'satisfied that an emergency is happening or about to...

12 Feb 2018 12:54 PM IST