Australia

Australian police arrest man over suspect embassy packages

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australian police have arrested a 48-year-old man for allegedly sending dozens of suspicious packages to embassies…

Suspect packages sent to diplomatic missions in Australia

MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) -- Suspicious packages were sent to more than a dozen foreign embassies and consulates in major Australian…

Australian minister hints Saudi teen likely to get asylum

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) - Australia gave its strongest hint yet on Wednesday that an 18-year-old Saudi woman in Bangkok would…

Australia warns citizens vs traveling to parts of Mindanao

(Eagle News)--Australia has asked its citizens not to travel to Central and Western Mindanao, including Zamboanga and Sulu. According to…

Sydney to kick off global New Year parties with dazzling spectacle

by Glenda KWEK Agence France Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia's largest city Sydney will put on its biggest-ever fireworks…

Australia swelters in record-breaking heatwave

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia's vast continent is sizzling through extreme heatwave conditions this week, with temperatures reaching record highs…

Australia recognizes west Jerusalem as capital of Israel

  by Daniel DE CARTERET Agence France Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia now recognizes west Jerusalem as Israel's capital,…

Severe tropical cyclone bears down on north Australia coast

  SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australians in the north east of the country are bracing for a severe tropical cyclone,…

102-year-old great-granny becomes ‘oldest’ skydiver

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- A 102-year-old great-grandmother is believed to have become the world's oldest skydiver after plunging 14,000 feet…

Surviving bleached Barrier Reef coral ‘more resilient to heat’

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Corals on Australia's Great Barrier Reef that survived bleaching from rising sea temperatures were more resistant…

Outgoing Australian ambassador Gorely makes her farewell courtesy call on INC leader

  (Eagle News) -- Outgoing Australian Ambassador to the Philippines, Her Excellency Amanda Gorely, visited the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church…

Surfer severely mauled by shark in Australia

sA surfer was severely mauled by a shark off Australia's east coast, officials said Sunday, the latest in a series…

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