Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard has urged Britain to exit the European Union (EU) because it is a “fundamentally flawed concept” that is an “affront to the sovereignty of its member countries.” “If I were British, I would vote to leave,” Mr Howard told
Australian police on Tuesday charged an 18-year-old woman on terrorism-related offences, one month after another teenager reported to be her husband faced court on similar charges. The young woman from suburban Sydney, who was arrested on Tuesday, is among several
Matchbox Twenty front man Rob Thomas has apologized for making what was perceived as a racist joke during a show over the weekend in Melbourne, Australia.
Tropical Cyclone Winston killed at least ten people on Saturday when it tore through Fiji, located 1,800 miles from Australia.
Australia has warned of a possible terror attack in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, urging travellers to be vigilant after a number of arrests. “Terrorists may be planning attacks in and around Kuala Lumpur,” Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia is in talks with Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, among six nations, to resettle asylum seekers detained in Papua New Guinea and the Pacific island nation of Nauru, the Sydney Morning Herald said on Saturday. The
Last fall, the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) published an internal memo that expressed concern that Brazilian authorities would not properly clean the water in Rio de Janeiro before the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Australian police have seized more than Aus$1 billion (US$712 million) in crystal methamphetamine, or ice, some concealed in gel bra inserts in one of the country’s biggest drug busts, authorities said on Monday. Three Hong Kongers and a Chinese national
Australia’s prime minister on Saturday announced a Cabinet reshuffle after three ministers resigned over scandals and two announced that they will retire at elections due within months. It is the second major reshuffle for Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull since he
The police in Queensland, Australia, confiscated an air-powered T-shirt launcher from the Townsville Crocodiles, an Australian pro-basketball team, by claiming the popular device is a “category B weapon” that must be registered with the government.
If you do not like salad, here is an excellent excuse to give friends and family. An “arachnophobic family” in Australia found an unpleasant surprise in a bag of salad purchased from a local grocery store when they discovered there
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia is resisting mounting international pressure not to deport child asylum seekers, with a minister warning Thursday that allowing them to stay could attract more refugees to come by boat. Australia’s 3-year-old policy of paying the
SYDNEY (AP) — Dozens of schools around Australia have received telephoned threats over the past week in what police believe is a hoax being orchestrated overseas. Police say the automated telephone threats, which warn of bombings or shootings at the
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s High Court threw out a challenge to the country’s offshore immigration detention camps on Wednesday, clearing the way for the deportation of dozens of infants born in Australia to detained asylum seekers. The court rejected a
Following charges of anti-Semitism, Australian stationery chain Typo pulled a line of globes that named Palestine but omitted Israel, the Guardian reported. Israel and 12 other countries were represented by a number on the map and not their names. Pro-Israel
No. 7 Angelique Kerber outplayed No. 1 Serena Williams to win the Australian Open, her first Grand Slam title in her first appearance in a Grand Slam final. The win pushes her to No. 2 in the world.
No. 2 Andy Murray fought back from two sets down to defeat No. 13 Milos Raonic in a five-set thriller to reach his fifth Australian Open final.
(AFP) – Police have raided two Melbourne homes in counter-terrorism operations, with reports Friday linking them to an Australian man who appeared in a slick Islamic State propaganda video last year. The properties in the northern Melbourne suburbs of Craigieburn
No. 1 Serena Williams will defend her Australian Open title and attempt a 22nd Grand Slam title against No. 7 Angelique Kerber on Saturday night.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A teenage suspect discussed with a British accomplice packing a kangaroo with explosives before setting it loose on Australian police officers, prosecutors alleged on Thursday. Sevdet Ramadan Besim was ordered in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on
Australian authorities have charged a teenager with collecting documents that could facilitate terrorist acts, officials said Tuesday. The 18-year-old from the western Sydney suburb of Guildford was arrested late Monday and charged with “three counts of collecting documents likely to
Sick green activists have been gloating over the death of Bob Carter, the heroic climate sceptic geologist who died of a heart attack earlier this week. Here’s a selection of nasties from Australia, where Carter worked. (Knowing Bob I’m sure
Professor Bob Carter, one of the world’s leading climate sceptics, has just dropped dead of a heart attack at the far too young age of 74. Perhaps it would be pushing it to say that he was driven to an early
A crocodile has bitten off a woman’s arm in a “death roll” at a creek in a small northwestern Australian town, sparking a hunt to trap and kill the animal on Thursday. The woman, aged in her 60s, was at
Sydney’s iconic Opera House was cordoned off on Thursday in a security scare sparked by “information on social media” with people cleared from the harbour front precinct before police declared it safe. Metal barriers were erected with onlookers kept about
The governments of Vietnam, the Philippines, and Japan have all condemned China for landing a plane on an artificial island in the South China Sea, constructed in what is widely regarded as sovereign Vietnamese territory. China rejects international claims in the sea and has begun constructing military facilities in the Spratly Islands.
On Saturday, the Internet went nuts over “Watermelon Boy,” a young fan who was caught on TV during an Australian cricket match chowing down on a watermelon the size of his head as if it it was an apple. Once video and
The New York Yacht Club entry Comanche (pictured) has been declared official line honours winner of the 71st Sydney to Hobart yacht race in Australia.
Sydney – Jesus was not Palestinian a major church denomination in Australia said after the Executive Council of Australian Jewry challenged an article in a political publication in which the birthplace of Jesus Christ was named as “Palestine.”
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Fire crews battled into the night on Friday after raging bushfires reduced at least 53 homes to ashes in a famous Australian beauty spot on Christmas Day, sending hundreds of residents fleeing for their lives. Water bombing
Soon after Australia’s Attorney General expressed concerns about the Islamic State forming a “distant caliphate” in Indonesia — the world’s most heavily populated Muslim-majority country — it was reported that a group of terrorism suspects arrested over the weekend may have received funding from ISIS in Syria.
Two men have been arrested in counter-terrorism raids in Sydney. Police thwarted what they say were plots to attack locations including the Royal Australian Navy base at Woolloomooloo Bay (pictured) and state police headquarters in the west of the city. Both
A suspected French extremist carrying cans of chemical mace was caught trying to enter Australia two days after the Paris terror attacks, officials revealed on Wednesday, with security screening of travellers from Europe tightened up. Attorney-General George Brandis said the
An anti-marijuana campaign in Australia featuring a human-sized lumbering stoned sloth acting foolishly has backfired and become the brunt of jokes on social media. Launched this week using the slogan “You’re worse on weed”, it attempts to warn teenagers of
AFP relates a warning from Attorney-General George Brandis of Australia that the Islamic State has “ambitions to elevate its presence and level of activity in Indonesia, either directly or through surrogates.”
Not content with merely educating people as to the health risks associated with tobacco, anti-smoking campaigners and politicians in Australia are considering a ban on under-25s being able to smoke, and even a rolling blanket ban. The latest front in the
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A Singapore-based court has refused a challenge by Philip Morris to Australia’s landmark plain packaging legislation passed in 2011, which the tobacco giant had brought under a bi-lateral trade treaty with Hong Kong, the company said. The
The Chinese state-run Global Times newspaper has issued a threat to the Australian government to stay out of the international waters of the South China Sea or face the possibility of having its jets shot down by the Chinese government.
Australians are known for their blunt, straightforward views. The Palestinian Authority (PA) can now confirm that piece of conventional wisdom after a visit by Aussie politicians to the West Bank ended in name-calling and abuse from PA representatives who called the bi-lateral exchange
Australians fear new “discriminatory” UK working visa and migration policies will see thousands of workers forced home with little hope of return. At the same time Britain is welcoming record numbers of European Union (EU) arrivals who face no restrictions on starting a new
