Australia

Thousands of residents in several high-rise apartments in Melbourne went into lockdown for at least five days Saturday, as officials struggle...

Coronavirus conspiracy theories are hampering frantic efforts to contain a steep spike in cases around the city of Melbourne, where more than...

Western nations are moving to offer millions of Hong Kongers refuge after Beijing passed draconian security laws designed to choke the city's...

Hollywood star Geoffrey Rush won a record multimillion-dollar payout Thursday after an appeal by a Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper against a defamation...

Australia is actively considering providing safe haven to Hong Kong residents in response to China's sweeping new security law, it said Thursday,...

Australia has unveiled plans to dramatically tool-up its military as threats from China mount, but some see collapsing trust in the United States...

Australia announced an assertive new defence strategy Wednesday, beefing up its long-range strike capabilities and cyber-warfare efforts amid...

Australia will announce a substantial increase in defence spending and focus on projecting military power across the Indo-Pacific amid escalating...

Hundreds of thousands of people across Melbourne's north and west were ordered to stay at home Tuesday as Australia's second-biggest city struggled...

Supermarkets imposed purchase limits on toilet paper across Australia Friday following panic buying by people rattled over a surge in coronavirus...

Australian intelligence officers and police raided the home and office of an opposition politician Friday as part of an investigation into alleged...

Australia's military announced Thursday it would send 1,000 troops to Melbourne in an effort to help contain the country's only significant coronavirus...

Australia's Qantas is cutting 6,000 staff and grounding 100 planes for up to a year in a US$10 billion cost-cutting blitz in response to the...

Australia's military was called in Wednesday to help tackle a coronavirus outbreak in Melbourne -- a surge in infections that has rattled the...

Australians' trust in China has collapsed, according to a public opinion poll Wednesday that showed the impact of rising confrontations between...

Australia's prime minister revealed Friday his country was under a broad cyberattack from a "state-based actor" targeting government, public...