Australia

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Oct 25, 3:00 PM ET
Australia's iconic rock Uluru scaled by final climbers
The rock is sacred to Australian Aboriginals.
Oct 25, 3:00 PM ET
Sep 17, 10:00 AM ET
Most senior Catholic pedophile appeals Australia convictions
Cardinal George Pell, 78, was sentenced to six years in prison in March.
Sep 17, 10:00 AM ET
Sep 7, 9:30 AM ET
Australia wildfires seriously injure firefighter, raze homes
Wildfires have left a firefighter seriously injured and destroyed several homes in an early start to the fire danger season in southeast Australia
Sep 7, 9:30 AM ET
Aug 30, 7:39 AM ET
Australia lowers Great Barrier Reef outlook to 'very poor'
The report finds the greatest threat to the reef remains climate change.
Aug 30, 7:39 AM ET
Aug 28, 9:39 AM ET
Australia tries to curb foreign interference at universities
A task force has been formed to curb foreign influence at universities.
Aug 28, 9:39 AM ET
Aug 13, 11:38 AM ET
Onlookers pin down knife-wielding man in Sydney
Video shows that people pinned the suspect, accused of killing one woman and injuring another, to the pavement and put a plastic milk crate over his head.
Aug 13, 11:38 AM ET
Aug 9, 9:53 AM ET
New Australian rules for police investigating leaks to media
Raids on journalists' offices and a home in June sparked outrage.
Aug 9, 9:53 AM ET
Jul 23, 11:29 AM ET
$140 million of meth found in van that crashed into police cars
"This would be one of the easiest drugs busts the New South Wales Police has ever made," a police official said.
Jul 23, 11:29 AM ET
Jul 23, 10:17 AM ET
Sydney police find drug haul in van that hit police cars
The van contained methamphetamine valued at more than $140 million.
Jul 23, 10:17 AM ET
Jul 22, 10:24 AM ET
Several stabbed in riot at juvenile detention in Australia
Police are negotiating with inmates and hoped the standoff could be resolved.
Jul 22, 10:24 AM ET
Jun 5, 10:20 AM ET
Police raid Australian public broadcaster over Afghan leak
The raid was related to leaked military documents.
Jun 5, 10:20 AM ET
Jun 4, 2:10 PM ET
Gunman out on parole kills 4 in Australian city of Darwin
A 45-year-old man was in custody following Tuesday's shooting.
Jun 4, 2:10 PM ET
Jun 4, 1:09 PM ET
Australian cardinal set to appeal child sex convictions
Cardinal George Pell is the most senior Catholic convicted of child sex abuse.
Jun 4, 1:09 PM ET
May 20, 12:42 AM ET
Australia's leader vows to get back to work after shock win
A jubilant Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has vowed to get straight back to work after his conservative government's shock election victory that many didn't see coming
May 20, 12:42 AM ET
May 19, 1:30 AM ET
Australia's conservative coalition wins surprise 3rd term
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has defied pre-election polls.
May 19, 1:30 AM ET
May 14, 10:10 AM ET
Australian political leaders agree gays don't go to hell
Christian beliefs rose to prominence in the last days of an election campaign.
May 14, 10:10 AM ET
May 9, 5:00 PM ET
Australia takes responsibility for typos on 46M bank notes
A radio station posted an image of the microscopic error on social media.
May 9, 5:00 PM ET
May 3, 1:00 AM ET
Biased social posts forcing out some Australian candidates
Political parties have cut loose or chastised several of their own candidates.
May 3, 1:00 AM ET
May 2, 8:54 AM ET
Sydney jury convicts machete-wielding man of terrorist act
Four previous trials were aborted and the fifth jury could not reach a verdict.
May 2, 8:54 AM ET
May 1, 12:23 PM ET
Australian jury convicts man in Etihad flight bomb plot
Khaled Khayat faces a possible maximum sentence of life in prison.
May 1, 12:23 PM ET
Apr 30, 7:30 AM ET
Australian quits anti-Muslim party over strip club video
A candidate in Australia's looming general election has quit his anti-Muslim political party after video of him groping and propositioning dancers in a U.S. strip club was broadcast on national television
Apr 30, 7:30 AM ET
Apr 14, 12:50 PM ET
American extradited to Australia charged with murder of Thai
Australian police have charged a man extradited from the United States with murder in the death of a Thai national, whose body was found bound and gagged on the side of a Sydney road
Apr 14, 12:50 PM ET
Apr 14, 3:32 AM ET
Shooting at Australia nightclub leaves 1 dead, 1 critical
Shooting outside a Melbourne nightclub has left at least two critically wounded.
Apr 14, 3:32 AM ET
Apr 7, 4:04 AM ET
Australian election on May 18 appears likely
May 18 appears as the most likely date for Australia's next election at which the conservative government faces an uphill battle to win a third three-year term
Apr 7, 4:04 AM ET
Apr 3, 10:10 AM ET
Australian senator censured for blaming Muslim victims
Sen. Fraser Anning blamed Muslim immigration for a mass shooting in New Zealand.
Apr 3, 10:10 AM ET
Mar 27, 6:20 PM ET
Drug suspect caught fleeing Australia by Sea-Doo
Australian police say a British drug suspect was thwarted in his attempt to flee the country for Papua New Guinea on a motorized personal watercraft
Mar 27, 6:20 PM ET
Mar 27, 5:20 PM ET
Australian party accused of asking US gun lobby for money
A documentary showed Australian politicians meeting with NRA officials.
Mar 27, 5:20 PM ET
Mar 27, 3:13 AM ET
Australian reporters charged over Pell gag order violations
High-profile Australian journalists face possible prison sentences after being ordered to appear in court next month for allegedly breaching a gag order on reporting about Cardinal George Pell's convictions on charges of sexually molesting two choirboys
Mar 27, 3:13 AM ET
Mar 22, 11:12 AM ET
2 powerful cyclones spinning toward north Australian coast
Cyclones are frequent in Australia's tropical north and rarely claim lives.
Mar 22, 11:12 AM ET
Feb 28, 10:41 AM ET
Australian Cardinal Pell convicted of molesting 2 choirboys
Pell is the most senior Catholic cleric ever charged with child sex abuse.
Feb 28, 10:41 AM ET
Feb 8, 4:40 PM ET
Railroad tracks disappear during Australian floods
Timelapse surveillance footage shows railroad tracks disappear beneath rising waters as days of rain brought major flooding to northeast Australia.
Feb 8, 4:40 PM ET
Feb 7, 3:56 PM ET
Dust storm sweeps through town in Australia
A dust storm swept across Kerang, in southeastern Australia and blanketed the landscape.
Feb 7, 3:56 PM ET
Feb 7, 3:43 AM ET
Lightning and monsoon flooding in Australia
Lightning illuminates the sky over Queensland as Australia's monsoon season continues.
Feb 7, 3:43 AM ET
Jan 28, 8:37 AM ET
Thousands of fish die in 3rd mass death in Australian river
Officials blamed the deaths on drought but critics blamed water mismanagement.
Jan 28, 8:37 AM ET
Jan 25, 5:41 PM ET
90 horses found dead in Australian Outback during massive heat wave
Animals are dying as Australia faces a record-breaking heat wave.
Jan 25, 5:41 PM ET
Jan 24, 12:31 PM ET
Australian city Adelaide sets new national heat record
Adelaide sweltered through a searing 46.6 degrees Celsius (115.9 Fahrenheit).
Jan 24, 12:31 PM ET
Jan 24, 8:30 AM ET
Alleged cocaine smuggler appears in Australian court
Tristan Waters is charged with helping to import cocaine worth $400 million.
Jan 24, 8:30 AM ET
Jan 17, 11:24 AM ET
Police find body of German tourist in Australian Outback
Police do not consider the death suspicious
Jan 17, 11:24 AM ET
Jan 9, 12:45 PM ET
US Consulate in Melbourne evacuated due to suspicious package
The U.S. Consulate was one of more than 10 embassies or consulates targeted with suspicious packages in Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney.
Jan 9, 12:45 PM ET
Dec 24, 9:57 AM ET
Sydney apartment high-rise evacuated amid cracking noises
Over 140 residents of the Opal Tower in Sydney were forced from there homes.
Dec 24, 9:57 AM ET
Dec 21, 11:12 AM ET
Hailstones like tennis and golf balls fall around Sydney
Images on social media showed dented cars and broken windshields.
Dec 21, 11:12 AM ET
Nov 12, 5:58 PM ET
Thousands raised for homeless man who intervened in Melbourne terror attack
A crowdfunding page raised thousands for a bystander who rushed to intervene.
Nov 12, 5:58 PM ET
Nov 9, 3:45 PM ET
Police kill 'terrorism' suspect after stabbing spree in Melbourne
Australian authorities said they are treating the attack as a "terrorism incident."
Nov 9, 3:45 PM ET
Oct 25, 8:51 AM ET
Sydney's famed Bondi Beach welcomes summer with a mile of art
Sydney's famed Bondi Beach welcomes summer.
Oct 25, 8:51 AM ET
Sep 20, 10:18 AM ET
Young boy arrested for putting needles in fruit in Australia as police seek other suspects
The boy confessed to putting the sewing needles in as a prank, police said.
Sep 20, 10:18 AM ET
Aug 10, 12:13 PM ET
Australian teacher finds massive prehistoric shark teeth twice the size of a Great White's
A set of massive shark teeth were found in Australia by a citizen scientist and teacher.
Aug 10, 12:13 PM ET
Jun 11, 2:39 PM ET
7 dead in Australia's worst mass shooting in 22 years
Seven people, including four children, were found dead with gunshot wounds at a home in southwest Australia near the vibrant tourist town of Margaret River, police said.
Jun 11, 2:39 PM ET
May 12, 4:27 PM ET
7 dead including 4 children in Australia's worst mass shooting in 22 years
Seven people, including four children, were found dead with gunshot wounds at a home in southwest Australia, near the popular tourist town of Margaret River, police said.
May 12, 4:27 PM ET
May 12, 4:27 PM ET
Australia mass shooting leaves relatives of slain family 'stunned'
Relatives of the seven family members found dead from gunshot wounds at a property in southwest Australia say they are "devastated" and "stunned" by what happened.
May 12, 4:27 PM ET
Mar 22, 11:12 AM ET
2 American tourists killed in helicopter crash in Australia
Australian authorities are investigating the "traumatic" incident.
Mar 22, 11:12 AM ET