In Australia, 8 children were dead and a woman severely injured after a mass stabbing incident.
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Sydney police probes cafe siege; 3 dead after police storms into Lindt cafe
Police in Sydney launch an investigation on Tuesday (Dec 16) after three people died, including the gunman and two hostages, when officers stormed a Sydney cafe to end the siege. Police will investigate whether the two hostages were killed by the gunman or died in the cross-fire, police said. “Because this is a critical incident investigation, we will have close liaison with the coroner and we will be working on behalf of the coroner to make sure this investigation […]
Suspect in Sydney cafe siege caught on camera
A man reported by local media to be a suspect involved in the Sydney cafe siege was caught on camera on Monday (December 15) by Australian TV channel Seven Network, Reuters reported. Police said they knew of one armed assailant involved in the incident at the Lindt chocolate cafe in the heart of Sydney’s financial district, but there could be more. Police locked down the center of the country’s biggest city on Monday after an armed man walked into […]
Hostages being held inside central Sydney cafe by suspected Islamic State militants
Hostages were being held inside a central Sydney cafe where a black flag with white Arabic writing could be seen in the window, local television showed on Monday (December 15), raising fears of an attack linked to Islamic militants. Australia, which is backing the United States and its escalating action against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, is on high alert for attacks by radicalized Muslims or by home-grown fighters returning from fighting in the Middle East. Part of Martin Place, home to […]
Australian nurse is under observation in hospital with suspected Ebola
(Reuters) — Health officials in Queensland on Thursday (October 9) said they are testing a 57-year-old nurse who recently returned from Sierra Leone for the Ebola virus. The nurse was a volunteer with the Red Cross in West Africa, treating patients with the deadly virus, Queensland’s Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said. “She came back into the country, she was perfectly well at that time, she did not have any symptoms, she did not have a fever. So, it’s only since this morning that she’s […]
Australia signs immigration agreement with Cambodia
Various human rights group protests the immigration agreement between Australia and Cambodia.
Australia raises terror threat level to “high”
Australia raised its terror alert to high from medium.
Australia increases support for poverty reduction
Australia is increasing its support to the Philippines to ensure that poor Filipinos can access essential social services. Deputy Secretary Ewen McDonald of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)’s and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)’s Secretary Corazon ‘Dinky’ Soliman today launched Australia’s support for improving access of poor municipalities to early learning and education through community-led approach by providing Php 487 million (A$12.2 million) to the Philippines National Community […]
Search for Flight MH370 heads to site of first ‘ping’
(Reuters) – An Australian naval vessel carrying an underwater drone involved in the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 left port on Saturday on its second mission to scan part of the Indian Ocean where the longest sonar “ping” was heard over a month ago. The Ocean Shield is heading to the area where a signal was first located and heard for some two hours on April 5, about 1,600 km (1,000 miles) northwest of Perth to […]
Australia and Malaysia Prime Ministers stand side by side, promise to continue search
The Ausralian and Malaysian Prime Ministers stood side by side as they faced the press, promising to continue search for missing flight.
Australia looks into new site in locating MH370
Australia focused its search operations for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight on a new site, abandoning the former area, based on the information received from Malaysia.
Australia widens MH370 search following French satellite information
Australia has widened its search for a missing Malaysian Airlines flight after more airpower joined the effort. The move comes after French satellites spotted potential “floating debris” in the southern Indian Ocean. Chinese and Japanese planes on Monday joined the renewed search effort for a Malaysian airliner that has been missing more than two weeks. Australian authorities have been scouring an area 2,500 kilometers (1,500 miles) southwest of Perth after several satellite sightings of potential […]
