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Australian police find 7 dead, including 4 children with gunshot wounds
Police have no information to raise concerns about the wider public safety. Police were led to the property by a phone call before dawn.
11 May 2018 12:08 PM
Australia boy, 12, flies alone to Bali, spends 4 days using parents’ credit card
The boy spent four days in Bali, where he said he checked into a hotel, hired a scooter and drank beer before a friend alerted his mother.
24 Apr 2018 1:26 PM
Elon Musk's estranged father has baby with 30-yr-old stepdaughter
Elon's father, Errol Musk, the South African businessman has reportedly fathered a 10-month-old son with his stepdaughter Jana Bezuidenhout.
26 Mar 2018 3:16 PM
Australian PM Malcolm Turnball US bound to hold talks with Trump
The trade deal among 11 countries includes Australia, which also has a bilateral free trade partnership with the United States.
21 Feb 2018 5:31 PM
Owe it to survivors: PM Turnbull to make national apology to child abuse victims
The final report of the royal commission has words ‘that shake us to our core’.
08 Feb 2018 1:31 PM
Same-sex couples marry in midnight wedding ceremonies across Australia
Australia officially becomes the 26th country to legalise same-sex marriage after the law was passed on December 9, 2017.
09 Jan 2018 3:00 PM
Australian deputy PM disqualified for his dual citizenship; by-election awaited
Barnaby Joyce will be able to stand for re-election if he renounces the New Zealand citizenship he unknowingly inherited.
27 Oct 2017 5:29 PM
Gay marriages could be law this year, say Australian leaders
Gay-rights advocates say enough lawmakers already back marriage equality to make same-sex marriage legal in Australia now.
08 Aug 2017 12:35 PM
US admiral ready to obey Trump nuclear strike order on China
Pacific Fleet spokesman Capt Charlie Brown later said Swift’s answer reaffirmed the principle of civilian control over the military.
27 Jul 2017 5:24 PM
Malaysia Airlines traveller threatens to blow up plane, flight returns to Melbourne
A 25-year-old Sri Lankan man attempted to enter the cockpit clutching an electronic device and created panic among passengers.
01 Jun 2017 11:01 AM
Columns
Pakistan believed that the US wanted a military victory and remained dismissive of its interest in a political settlement.
The party had called for a nationwide bandh over the issue of rising fuel prices, that was supported by 21 other parties.
The five-judge bench in the Navtej Singh Johar case did just that: it decriminalised homosexuality in India.
The US and China are both working in parallel to improve Pakistan-Afghanistan relations