Australia

He's furry, playful, and has puppy eyes. It's little wonder Wandi was mistaken for a dog when he was found in an Australian backyard -- but DNA...

Australia's pro-coal government threatened harsh new penalties against "apocalyptic" activism Friday as a global wave of climate protests has...

Boeing announced Thursday up to 50 of its popular 737NG planes had been grounded after cracks in them were detected, in another blow to the US...

Australian flag carrier Qantas said Thursday it had grounded one Boeing 737NG due to a structural crack, and was urgently inspecting 32 others...

Australia's "backpacker tax" illegally targeted some foreign workers, a court ruled Wednesday, leaving people who spent time in the country on...

Dozens of protesters were arrested and several people injured Tuesday when police and demonstrators clashed outside an international mining conference...

Indigenous Australians performed songs and traditional dance as the sun set over Uluru on Sunday, capping a weekend of celebrations to mark the...

A former top Australian intelligence official has been charged with mishandling classified documents, officials said Thursday, years after his...

A push by Australia and France to create a massive ocean sanctuary in east Antarctica is in doubt as nations meet in Hobart to discuss the plans,...

An Australian sheep that entered the Guinness World Records after being found with an enormously overgrown fleece has died, its carers announced.Chris...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared in public for the first time in six months on Monday, seeming frail and confused during a British court...

Newspapers across Australia ran heavily redacted front pages on Monday in protest against government secrecy and a crackdown on press freedom,...

An Iraqi man has been charged in Australia with people trafficking in connection with the drowning deaths of more than 350 asylum seekers in...

A plane and its passengers are set to test the mental and physical limits of long-haul aviation when Qantas operates the first direct flight...

An Australian woman lost for three days in dense bushland was found Wednesday after a man remotely monitoring security footage saw an 'SOS' sign...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was ordered Friday to make his first in-person London court appearance to determine whether he can be released...