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An Australian woman charged with murder has been sent for a medical assessment amid reports she decapitated her mother and left the head outside a neighbour’s house. (Representational Image)

25-yr-old Australian woman beheads mother, leaves head outside neighbour’s door

Officers said 4-year-old relative witnessed incident, and was treated in hospital for minor head injury before being returned to his family.

21 Jul 2019 2:35 PM

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, a government body, said in a study released this week that an urgent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, both nationally and globally, was needed to protect the future of the reef. (Photo: AFP)

Great Barrier Reef agency breaks with Australia govt in climate warning

The reef authority said that current gas emission trends, if not curbed, could see the deadly bleaching events by around 2035.

19 Jul 2019 9:11 AM

Even more ludicrously, David alleges that his son would talk about Diana’s brother John, who sadly died as a baby just hours after his birth. (Photo: File)

Australian boy, 4, says he is Princess Diana's reincarnation

Billy Campbell, son of Australian TV personality David Campbell, was born 18 years after the princess’s death in a car crash in 1997.

18 Jul 2019 3:16 PM

'I would like to see my son before 31 August so we can celebrate his birthday as a family.' says the father. (Photo: AFP)

Australia calls on China to allow Uighur mother and son leave country

China has rounded up an estimated one million Uighurs and other mostly Muslim Turkic-speaking minorities into re-education camps.

17 Jul 2019 5:36 PM

Griffin suspected that the bottle had been buried on a beach for years then refloated by a storm. (Photo: AP)

Australian finds message in a bottle written 50 years ago

Paul Elliot told Australian Broadcasting Corp. that he and his son Jyah found the bottle on west coast of Eyre Peninsula in South Australia.

17 Jul 2019 4:23 PM

Australian model Adau Mornyang enters the LA federal court building, facing the prospect of a prospect of a prison sentence for turning a Melbourne to Los Angeles flight into drunken, violent chaos for 205 other passengers. (Photo: Facebook/ Adau Mornyang)

25-year-old Australian model sentenced to probation in air rage incident

Mornyang was flying from Melbourne to Los Angeles on January 21 and had been drinking heavily when fellow passengers complained to the crew.

16 Jul 2019 10:09 AM

Ardern, the charismatic young leader who has been hailed as 'the anti-Trump' by US media, said she proudly celebrated her country’s diversity. (Photo: File)

New Zealand PM slams Donald Trump for ‘racist’ remarks on Congresswomen

'Usually I don’t get into other people’s politics, but it will be clear to most people that I completely disagree with him,' Ardern said.

16 Jul 2019 9:24 AM

The earthquake was reported on Sunday. (Photo: Representational Image/File)

6.9 magnitude earthquake hits Australia's beach resort town

There were no immediate reports of damages or casualties in the quake.

14 Jul 2019 12:30 PM

'Canterbury firearms owners' attitude towards this process has been outstanding.' (Photo: Representative Image/File)

New Zealand gun owners hand over weapons after mosque killings

Police Minister Stuart Nash said the objective was to 'remove the most dangerous weapons from circulation.'

13 Jul 2019 3:38 PM

Those targeted had offered shelter to victims of a bout of violence several weeks ago, Undialu said. (Photo: File)

18 massacred, including women and children, in Papua Guinea attack

Violence has long ravaged the poor but resource-rich Pacific Ocean nation, but the scale of the latest bloodletting has shocked the country.

10 Jul 2019 5:58 PM

The police are yet to confirm the killings as they are awaiting information from a local commander, as per a local police spokesman. (Photo: ANI | Representational)

16 women, children dead in tribal massacre in Papua New Guinea

The killing took place in Karida in Hela on Monday, according to Sputnik. The reason behind the massacre is unknown.

10 Jul 2019 2:11 PM

A gamer who inadvertently broadcast audio of himself striking his pregnant partner while playing the online video game Fortnite pleaded guilty to assault in a Sydney court Monday. (Photo: AFP)

Sydney gamer who livestreamed attack on partner pleads guilty

According to police, another user watching feed called officers, who arrested Munday at his home in southwest Sydney suburb of Oran Park.

08 Jul 2019 3:26 PM

Sigley is married to a Japanese woman, Yuka Morinaga. (Photo: AP)

Australian student detained in North Korea, released; on his way home: Scott Morrison

Alek Sigley, 29, who was studying in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, had been missing since June 25.

04 Jul 2019 1:20 PM

Papua New Guinea’s Mount Ulawun volcano -- designated one of the world’s most hazardous -- began spewing ash on Wednesday, turning the sky black and prompting authorities to warn of a possible eruption. (Photo: Reuters)

Papua New Guinea volcano goes active, spews ash triggering eruption alert

The volcano, located on the remote Bismarck Archipelago, is listed as one of 16 'Decade Volcanoes' targeted for research.

26 Jun 2019 4:10 PM

Punjabi asylum seeker Ravinder Singh, aged in his 30s, locked himself in a shipping container room at a camp on Manus Island on Friday and started a blaze that engulfed two other rooms before being brought under control. (Representational Image)

Indian asylum-seeker sets refugee camp on fire near Australia, face charges

Shortly after Friday's incident, the Australian government said the matter was being dealt with by Papua New Guinean authorities.

24 Jun 2019 1:53 PM

Joy Walter, a 91-year-old from Tasmania's northeast, was one of the 1,915 who dashed for the water at 7:42 a.m. (2142 GMT on Friday), when the air temperature was just 5 Celsius (41 Fahrenheit). (Representational Image)

Australians take chilly plunge for nude winter solstice swim in Tasmania

The annual swim takes place on the winter solstice, which marks the shortest day of the year in the southern hemisphere.

22 Jun 2019 2:48 PM

Judge Margaret Cleary ruled that a lower court was wrong to rule against the father and concluded that the child should remain in Australia so he can have visitation rights. (Representational Image)

Sperm donor is child’s legal father, Australian court rules

It is unclear, given the specifics of this relationship, whether the case could set a precedent for future judgements.

19 Jun 2019 3:34 PM

The scheme will be accessible only to terminally ill adult patients with fewer than six months to live -- or one year left to live for sufferers of conditions such as motor neurone disease and multiple sclerosis. (Photo: Representational | Pixabay)

Euthanasia now legal in Australian’s Victoria for the terminally ill

The country's second most populous region made voluntary euthanasia legal under closely specified circumstances, a first for the country.

19 Jun 2019 2:24 PM

51 people had lost their lives and about as many were injured after a suspected white supremacist targeted two mosques, open firing at those congregated for Friday prayers on March 15. (Photo: AP)

NZ man sentenced to 21 months prison for redistributing Christchurch massacre video

Announcing the sentence, Judge Stephen O'Driscoll said that when Arps was asked for his opinion on the video, he described it as ‘awesome’.

18 Jun 2019 6:04 PM

Hayez is believed to have used the messaging app WhatsApp the night he disappeared and his father, who has travelled to the town to meet police, called for his account to be shared with investigators. (Photo: AFP)

Help me to keep promise: Dad's plea for backpacker son missing in Australia

Theo Hayez was last seen on May 31 at a hotel in Byron Bay.

17 Jun 2019 1:12 PM